A comparison of nitrogen concentration between wild and cultivated legumes of Sindh

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 183-192

  Mahmood, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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