Evaluation of variation in soil and forage micro-mineral concentrations in a semiarid region of Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 921-931

  Khan, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Hussain, Altaf ^a   Ashraf, M ^a   Valeem, Ehsan Elahi ^b   Javed, Ijaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Government Degree College   (Pakistan)

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ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE;

EID: 33646264297     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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