Time-course changes in selenium status of soil and forage in a pasture in Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2397-2401

  Ahmad, Kafeel ^a   Khan, Zafar Iqbal ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b   Shah, Zahid Ali ^b   Ejaz, Abid ^b   Valeem, Ehsan Elahi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c Government of Sindh Pakistan   (Pakistan)

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EID: 70849103501     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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