Response of wheat growth and yield to various levels of compost and organic manure

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2135-2141

  Ibrahim, Muhammad ^a   Hassan, Anwar Ul ^a   Iqbal, Muhammad ^a   Valeem, Ehsan Elahi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Government of Sindh Pakistan   (Pakistan)

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TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 62249102954     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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