Effect of drought simulation on grain weight, protein and lysine content of bread wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Ahmad, Maqbool ^a   Arain, M Afzal ^a  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

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