Air pollution impacts on the growth and reproductive behaviour of mustard

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-110

  Saquib, M ^b   Khan, Fareed A ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Fertilization Brassica juncea

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROWTH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; YIELD;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; CROP; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT GROWTH;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA;

EID: 0032972897     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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