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Effects of activated charcoal and quebracho tannins on the turnover of goat manure in irrigated organic agriculture of the subtropics
Mariko Nadine Ingold
- 15 Apr 2015
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors thank the Royal Court Affairs (Royal Gardens and Farms), Sultanate of Oman, for its support and the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding this research within the Research Training Group 1397 “Regulation of Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Turnover in Organic Agriculture” at University of Kassel, Germany.
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Abstract: We thank the Royal Court Affairs (Royal Gardens and Farms), Sultanate of Oman, for its support and the German Research Foundation (DFG) for funding this research within the Research Training Group 1397 “Regulation of Soil Organic Matter and Nutrient Turnover in Organic Agriculture” at University of Kassel, Germany.
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