Growth potential of two species of basil in sandy soil of Karachi

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1637-1644

  Nazim, Kanwal ^a   Ahmed, Moinuddin ^a   Uzair, Muhammad ^a  

^a FEDERAL URDU UNIVERSITY OF ARTS   (Pakistan)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 70349664597     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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