Articles | Volume 5, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-939-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-5-939-2014
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03 Sep 2014
Research article |  | 03 Sep 2014

Biochar increases plant-available water in a sandy loam soil under an aerobic rice crop system

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