Use of compost an environment friendly technology for enhancing rice-wheat production in Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1553-1558

  Sarwar, Ghulam ^a   Hussain, Nazir ^b   Schmeisky, Helge ^c   Muhammad, Sher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b Soil Salinity Research Institute Punjab   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

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EID: 47249157737     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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