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Water quality in rice fields: Studies of possible causes of poor rice stands indicate level of total salts content of water influences growth and yield
Authors
L. K. StrombergHidemi Yamada
Authors Affiliations
L. K. Stromberg is Farm Advisor, Fresno County, University of California; Hidemi Yamada is Laboratory Technician, Fresno County.Publication Information
Hilgardia 9(3):10-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v009n03p10. March 1955.
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Abstract
Several hundred acres of rice in Fresno County were abandoned in the spring of 1954 because the stands had either died out completely or had become so sparse that it was uneconomical to continue farming them.
Stromberg L, Yamada H. 1955. Water quality in rice fields: Studies of possible causes of poor rice stands indicate level of total salts content of water influences growth and yield. Hilgardia 9(3):10-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v009n03p10
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