Quantification of growth, yield and radiation use efficiency of promising cotton cultivars at varying nitrogen levels

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1703-1711

  Wajid, Aftab ^a   Ahmad, Ashfaq ^a   Khaliq, Tasneem ^a   Alam, Sardar ^a   Hussaun, Abid ^a   Hussain, Khalid ^a   Naseem, Wajid ^a   Usman, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Shakeel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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