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Advanced Soil Fertility ebook can be used to learn Soil Fertility, Soil Productivity, Essential Soil Nutrient Elements, Soil Acidity, soil Basicity, Liming, Liming Materials, Soil Alkalinity, salinity, sodicity, soil fertility evaluation, Soil Fertility maintenance, Soil Fertility Management Practices, crop productivity, irrigation, soil tillage, soil organic matter, crop rotation, Continuous Cropping, animal manure, green manure, cover cropping.
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