Studies on combining ability of citrus hybrids with indigenous commercial cultivars

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Ahmed, Waqar ^a   Ziaf, Khurram ^a   Azher Nawaz, M ^a   Saleem, B A ^a   Ayyub, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; CITRUS TANGELO; CITRUS TANGERINA; CITRUS X PARADISI; MINNEOLA TANGELO;

EID: 34547291044     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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