Desktop study of emission factors for urease inhibitors for nitrogen fertiliser

MAF Technical Paper No: 2012/17 Report prepared for Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry By Landcare Research (LC0809.141) June 2009
Authors: S Saggar, J Singh, W Catto, A Stafford, J Blennerhassett, M Zaman

ISSN 2230-2794 (online) ISBN 978-0-478-38824-4 (online) April 2012

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