Impact of municipal waste water of Quetta city on biomass, physiology and yield of canola (Brassica napus L.)

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 317-328

  Kakar, Saeed UR Rehman ^a   Wahid, Abdul ^b   Tareen, Rasool Bakhsh ^a   Kakar, Siraj Ahmad ^c   Tariq, Marriam ^d   Kayani, Safdar Ali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c Government Science College   (Pakistan)

^d GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SILIQUA;

EID: 77949684500     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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