Technological developments and cotton production in India and China

Current Science

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 925-932

  Choudhary, Bhagirath ^a   Laroia, Gaurav ^a  

^a INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY   (India)

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