Irrigation and drainage in competition for water
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 30 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1531-0353
- DOI
- 10.1002/ird.271
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