An efficient technique for screening wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm for drought tolerance

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1539-1546

  Noorka, Ijaz Rasool ^a   Khaliq, Ihsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 47249140030     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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