Seed priming improves emergence and yield of soybean

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1169-1177

  Arif, Muhammad ^a   Jan, Mohammad Tariq ^a   Marwat, Khan Bahadar ^b   Khan, Muhammad Azim ^b  

^a Department of Agronomy ^*

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 62149118978     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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