Effects of 28-homobrassinolide on yields of wheat, rice, groundnut, mustard, potato and cotton

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-413

  Ramraj, V M ^a   Vyas, B N ^a   Godrej, N B ^a   Mistry, K B ^a   Swami, B N ^b   Singh, N ^b  

^a Research Center   (India)

^b MAHARANA PRATAP UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 0030886407     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859697004322     Document Type: Article

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