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The boron determination of some plant materials as determined with and without adding CaO before ashing

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Contribution No. 154 from the Experimental Farm, Canada Dept. of Agriculture, Charlottetown, P.E.I.

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Gupta, U.C. The boron determination of some plant materials as determined with and without adding CaO before ashing. Plant Soil 26, 202–204 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01978687

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