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Refinement and validation of the PUTU wheat crop growth model 3. Grain growth

A. Singels Department of Agrometeorology, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa
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J. M. de Jager Department of Agrometeorology, University of the Orange Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein, 9300, Republic of South Africa
Pages 73-77 | Accepted 18 Dec 1990, Published online: 15 Jan 2013

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