Contribution of various leaf morpho-physiological parameters towards grain yield in maize

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 546-550

  Ahsan, Muhammad ^a   Hader, Muhammad Zulqrnain ^a   Saleem, Muhammad ^a   Aslam, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Correlation; Grain yield; Leaf parameters; Maize; Path analysis

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 51149084152     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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