Improvement of date palm production in the Sultanate of Oman

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 736, Issue , 2007, Pages 337-343

  Al Yahyai, Rashid ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

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PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 67649213013     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2007.736.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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