Morphological adaptations of some grasses from the salt range, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 1571-1578

  Hameed, Mansoor ^a   Naz , Nargis ^a   Ahmad, Muhammad Sajid Aqeel ^a   Din, Islam Ud ^a   Riaz, Atif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYNODON DACTYLON; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; POACEAE; SPOROBOLUS ARABICUS;

EID: 62149117543     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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