Climatic variation and growth of holy thistle (Silybum Marianum Gaertn.)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-327

  Marwat, Khan Bahadar ^a   Khan, Muhammad Azim ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILYBUM MARIANUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547646144     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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