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Benefits of Agricultural Chemicals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

W. B. Ennis Jr.*
Affiliation:
Crops Protection Res. Branch, Plant Sci. Res. Div., Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dep. of Agr., Beltsville, Maryland 20705

Extract

I am grateful for the opportunity to share with you some thoughts on the benefits of agricultural chemicals. I want to invite you to help examine some important aspects of this complex subject.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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