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Cardina, J. and D. H. Sparrow (1996). A comparison of methods to predict weed seedling populations from the soil seedbank. Weed Science 44(1): 46-51. {a} Dep. Hortic. Crop. Sci., Agric. Res. Dev. Cent., Ohio State Univ., Wooster, OH 44691, USA

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Chaix, G. and L. Marchais (1996). Diversity of penicillarian millets (Pennisetum glaucum and P. purpureum) as for the compatibility between their gynoecia and pollens from some other Poaceae. Euphytica 88(2): 97-106. Lab. Ressources Genetiques Amelioration Plantes Tropicales, ORSTOM, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 5045, F-34032 Montpellier, France

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Chebotar, A. A. (1996). Study of chromomere constitution of pachytene chromosomes of Zea mays ssp. saccharata (Sturt.). Tsitologiya i Genetika 30(2): 3-11. Nikitsky State Bot. Gard., Natl. Acad. Sci. Ukr., Yalta, Ukraine

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Chen, Z. Y. Z. G. L. and T. H. Tsao (1996). Existence of a bovine sperm antibody recognizable antigen-epitope on the plasma surface of lily sperm cells. Acta Botanica Sinica 38(8): 612-616. {a} Coll. Life Sci., Peking Univ., Beijing 100871, China

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Chikafumbwa, F. J. K. (1996). The use of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) and maize (Zea mays) bran as low-cost tilapia aquaculture inputs. Aquaculture 146(1-2): 101-107. Int. Center Living Aquatic Resources Management, ICLARM Africa Aquaculture Project, Box 229, Zomba, Malawi

Chlopecka, A. (1996). Forms of Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn in soil and their uptake by cereal crops when applied jointly as carbonates. Water Air and Soil Pollution 87(1-4): 297-309. Trace Element Lab., Inst. Soil Sci. Plant Cultivation, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland

Chlopecka, A. and D. C. Adriano (1996). Mimicked in-situ stabilization of metals in a cropped soil: Bioavailability and chemical form of zinc. Environmental Science and Technology 30(11): 3294-3303. {a} Div. Biogeochem. Ecol., Univ. Ga., Savannah River Ecol. Lab., Aiken, SC 29802, USA

Christodoulakis, N. S. and N. S. Margaris (1996). Growth of corn (Zea mays) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus) plants is affected by water and sludge from a sewage treatment plant. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 57(2): 300-306. {a} Inst. Gen. Bot., Univ. Athens, Athens 157 84, Greece

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Chungu, C., D. E. Mather, et al. (1996). Inheritance of kernel resistance to Fusarium graminearum in maize. Journal of Heredity 87(5): 382-385. {a} McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Plant Sci. Dep., 2111 Lakeshore Road, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada

Chungu, C., D. E. Mather, et al. (1996). Comparison of techniques for inoculating maize silk, kernel, and cob tissues with Fusarium graminearum. Plant Disease 80(1): 81-84. {a} McGill Univ., Macdonald Campus, 21111 Lakeshore Rd., Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, PQ H9X 3V9, Canada

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Clark, R. B. and S. K. Zeto (1996). Growth and root colonization of mycorrhizal maize growth on acid and alkaline soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28(10-11): 1505-1511. {a} Appalachian Soil Water Conservation Res. Lab., U.S. Dep. Agriculture, Agricultural Res. Serv., P.O. Box 867, Airport Rd., Beckley, WV 25802-0867, USA

Clark, R. B. and S. K. Zeto (1996). Mineral acquisition by mycorrhizal maize grown on acid and alkaline soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28(10-11): 1495-1503. {a} Appalachian Soil Water Conservation Res. Lab., U.S. Dep. Agriculture, Agricultural Res. Serv., P.O. Box 867, Beckley, WV 25802, USA

Clark, R. B. and S. K. Zeto (1996). Iron acquisition by mycorrhizal maize grown on alkaline soil. Journal of Plant Nutrition 19(2): 247-264. Appalachian Soil Water Conservation Res. Lab., U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., P.O. Box 867, Beckley, WV 25802, USA

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Clausnitzer, H. and M. J. Singer (1996). Respirable-dust production from agricultural operations in the Sacramento Valley, California. Journal of Environmental Quality 25(4): 877-884. {a} Dep. Land, Air Water Resources, Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA

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Close, T. J. (1996). Dehydrins: Emergence of a biochemical role of a family of plant dehydration proteins. Physiologia Plantarum 97(4): 795-803. Dep. Botany Plant Sci., Univ. California, Riverside, CA 92521-0124, USA

Coelho, F. E. and D. Or (1996). A parametric model for two-dimensional water uptake intensity by corn roots under drip irrigation. Soil Science Society of America Journal 60(4): 1039-1049. {a} Dep. Plants Soil biometeorol., Utah State Univ., Logan, UT 84321-4820, USA

Cohen, Y. and Y. Li (1996). Validating sap flow measurement in field-grown sunflower and corn. Journal of Experimental Botany 47(304): 1699-1707. {a} Dep. Environmental Physics Irrigation, Agric. Res. Organ., Volcani Cent., PO Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel

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Costantini, A., D. Cosentino, et al. (1996). Influence of tillage systems on biological properties of a Typic Argiudoll soil under continuous maize in central Argentina. Soil and Tillage Research 38(3-4): 265-271. {a} Facultad Agronomia, Univ. Buenos Aires, Catedra Edafologia, Av. San Martin 4453, 1417 Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Cox, W. J. (1996). Whole-plant physiological and yield responses of maize to plant density. Agronomy Journal 88(3): 489-496. Dep. Soil Corp. Atmospheric Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

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