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Growth, Yield and Nutrition of Potato in Fumigated or Nonfumigated Soil Amended with Spent Mushroom Compost and Straw Mulch

M.P.N. GentDepartment of Forestry and HorticultureConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut
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W.H. ElmerDepartment of Plant Pathology and EcologyConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut
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K.A. StonerDepartment of EntomologyConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut
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F.J. FerrandinoDepartment of Plant Pathology and EcologyConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut
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J.A. LaMondiaDepartment of Plant Pathology and EcologyConnecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut
Pages 45-56 | Published online: 23 Jul 2013

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