Micronutrients in Tropical Food Crop Production

The mission of the International Fertilizer Development Center is to increase food production through the improvement of fertilizers and fertilizer practices for the developing countries with special emphasis on tropical and subtropical agriculture. The p

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Edited by

PAUL L.G. VLEK International Fertilizer Development Centre Muscle Shoals, Alabama USA

First published in Fertilizer Research, Vol. 7

1985 MARTINUS NIJHOFF/DR W. JUNK PUBLISHERS .... a member of the KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROUP

DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LANCASTER

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Micronutrients in tropical food crop production.

(Developments in plant and soil sciences ; 14) 1. Food crops--Tropics--Fertilizers. 2. Plants, Effect of trace elements on. I. Vlek, Paul L. G. II. Series: Developments in plant and soil sciences

v. 14. SB111.M48 1984 631.8' 11 '0913 ISBN-13: 978-94-010-8738-4

84-20628

ISBN-13:978-94-010-8738-4 e-ISBN-13:978-94-009-5055-9 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-009-5055-9

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© 1985 by Martinus NijhofflDr W. Junk Publishers, Dordrecht. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1985 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers, Martinus NijhofflDr W. Junk Publishers, P.O. Box 163, 3300 AD Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

MICRONUTRIENTS IN TROPICAL FOOD CROP PRODUCTION

Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences Volume 14

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