Growth of Leucaena leucocephala (LAM.) de-wit, in different soils of Korangi and Landhi industrial areas of Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1701-1715

  Atiq Ur Rehman, Syed ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA; LEUCOCEPHALA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 47249102618     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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