Effects of Super-Absorbent Polymers (SAPs) Plus Manure Treatments on Vegetation Cover and Soil Nutrients of Festuca ovina under Drought Stress

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Mahshid  Souri ¹ (Natural Resource Faculty, Urmia University, Iran)
Javad  Motamedi ² (Natural Resource Faculty, Urmia University)

Received: 2015-01-28 Accepted : 2015-05-15 Published : 2015-05-15

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