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  1. Department of Biochemistry, University of Technology and Life Sciences, 6 Bernardyńska Str, 85-029, Bydgoszcz, Poland

    Jan Koper

  2. Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Doświadczalna 4, 20-290, Lublin, Poland

    Małgorzata Brzezińska

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Koper, J., Brzezińska, M. (2011). Biochemical Responses to Soil Management Practices. In: Gliński, J., Horabik, J., Lipiec, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Agrophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_228

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