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Adoption and perception of cover crop implementation for tropical fruit growers

A. Freidenreich, M. Bhat and K. Jayachandran
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation March 2022, 77 (2) 158-171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2022.00084
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