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CONTROLLED RELEASE OF FERTILIZER MICROCAPSULES USING ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE POLYMER TO ENHANCE MICRONUTRIENT AND WATER USE EFFICIENCY

Jahangir Abedi-Koupai Department of Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
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Jaleh Varshosaz Department of Pharmaceutics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Mahsa Mesforoosh Department of Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
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Amir Hossein Khoshgoftarmanesh Department of Water Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
Pages 1130-1138 | Received 01 Oct 2009, Accepted 13 Sep 2011, Published online: 15 May 2012

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