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Physico-chemical and Biological Properties of Effluent-affected Soil at Varanasi, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

B.D. Tripathi  and
Suresh C. Shukla
B.D. Tripathi
Affiliation:
National Environmental Conservation Association Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India
Suresh C. Shukla
Affiliation:
Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India.
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Environmental Conservation , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1989 , pp. 263 - 266
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1989

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