Effects of phosphorus fertilizer source and plant density on growth and yield of maize in northwestern Pakistan

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2080-2093

  Amanullah, ^a   Asif, Muhammad ^a   Malhi Dr , Sukhdev S ^b   Khattak, Riaz A ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth; Maize; P source; Plant density; Yield; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70449124074     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: 15324087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01904160903308168     Document Type: Article

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