Enhancing the performance of transplanted coarse rice by seed priming

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-63

  Farooq, Muhammad ^a   Basra, Shahzad M A ^a   Ahmad, N ^a   Murtaza, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hardening; Nursery raising; Osmohardening; Quality rice; Transplanting; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449085644     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-008-0143-9     Document Type: Article

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