Chemical composition of the pits of selected date palm cultivars grown in the Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 629-639

  Attalla, A M ^a   Harraz, F M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 0030454119     PISSN: 19859899     EISSN: 25360051     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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