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Biomass production of 12 winter cereal cover crop cultivars and their effect on subsequent no-till corn yield

T.C. Kaspar and M.G. Bakker
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation November 2015, 70 (6) 353-364; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.70.6.353
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