Alleviating adverse effects of water stress on yield of sorghum, mustard and groundnut by potassium application

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 38, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 1373-1380

  Umar, Shahid ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Harvest index; Potassium; Relative water content; Water stress; Yield

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BRASSICA;

EID: 54449097708     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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