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Underlining a nitrogen–calcium imbalance in red soils under yam crop (Dioscorea alata var Bete-Bete) in Ivory Coast

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Pages 477-486 | Received 09 Feb 2019, Accepted 20 Aug 2019, Published online: 06 Nov 2019

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