On-farm seed priming for barley on normal, saline and saline-sodic soils in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 276-281

  Rashid, A ^a   Hollington, P A ^b   Harris, D ^b   Khan, P ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'On farm' seed priming; Barley; Crop establishment; Hordeum vulgare; Pakistan; Participatory research

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; YIELD;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH-WEST FRONTIER; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 32644455309     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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