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Short Paper

δ15N Values of sorghum grains harvested on a vertisol in the semi-arid tropics were positively related to doses of fertilizer N but negatively with the frequency of legume cultivation

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Pages 423-427 | Received 17 Nov 2000, Accepted 02 Feb 2001, Published online: 04 Jan 2012

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