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Murchie, E.H., Townsend, A., Reynolds, M. (2018). Crop Radiation Capture and Use Efficiency. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_171-3
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