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Evaluation of Pine Bark or Pine Bark with Goat Manure or Sewage Sludge Cocomposts As Growing Media for Vegetable Seedlings

L.T. MupondiUniversity of Fort Hare, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Alice, South Africa
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P. N. S. MnkeniUniversity of Fort Hare, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Alice, South Africa
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M.O. BrutschUniversity of Fort Hare, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Department of Agronomy, Alice, South Africa
Pages 238-243 | Published online: 23 Jul 2013

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