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International Journal of Geophysics
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 383261, 6 pages
Application of Electrical Resistivity Tomography for Detecting Root Biomass in Coffee Trees
Department of Agriculture, Federal University of Lavras, 37200-000 Lavras, MG, Brazil
Received 15 August 2013; Accepted 21 October 2013
Academic Editor: Jean-Pierre Burg
Copyright © 2013 Carlos Mauricio Paglis. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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