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Municipal Solid Waste Compost Benefits on Short Rotation Woody Crops

D.L. RockwoodUniversity of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, Florida
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B. BeckerUniversity of Florida, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, Gainesville, Florida
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M.P. Ozores-HamptonUniversity of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FloridaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 67-72 | Published online: 23 Jul 2013

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