A probit analysis of the incidence of the cotton leaf curl virus in Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Development Review

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-169

  Ahmad, Munir ^a   Battese, George E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP DAMAGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; VIRAL DISEASE;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 0031544496     PISSN: 00309729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30541/v36i2pp.155-169     Document Type: Article

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