Economic benefits from irrigation of maize with treated effluent of waste stabilization ponds

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1091-1098

  Khan, Moazzam Ali ^a   Shaukat, S Shahid ^a   Khan, M Altaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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EID: 62249160724     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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