'On-farm' seed priming with zinc in chickpea and wheat in Pakistan (Plant and Soil DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9465-4);'On-farm' seed priming with zinc in chickpea and wheat in Pakistan

Plant and Soil

Volumn 306, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Harris, David ^a   Rashid, Abdul ^b   Miraj, Ghazal ^b   Arif, Mohammed ^b   Yunas, Mohammed ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Benefit cost ratio; Cicer arietinum; Grain Zn concentration; Micronutrients; Triticum aestivum L.; Zn deficiency

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; HARVESTING; LEGUME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SEED TREATMENT; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE; ZINC;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

CICER ARIETINUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 41949112678     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9506-z     Document Type: Erratum

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