Vegetative growth and yield of tomato as affected by the application of organic mulch and gypsum under saline rhizosphere

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3093-3105

  Saeed, Rafat ^a   Ahmad, Rafiq ^b  

^a Department of Botany   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 76349120200     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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