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All issues Volume 30 / No 2 (April-June 2010) Agron. Sustain. Dev., 30 2 (2010) 201-214 References
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Agron. Sustain. Dev.
Volume 30, Number 2, April-June 2010
Page(s) 201 - 214
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/agro/2009034
Published online 16 April 2010
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