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Wojcik, P.P. (2004). Nutrition and Calcium Fertilization of Apple Trees. In: Dris, R., Jain, S.M. (eds) Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops., vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-2536-X_4

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