Allometery and productivity of autumn planted maize hybrids under narrow row spacing

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 661-666

  Ahmad, Manzoor ^a   Khaliq, A ^a   Ahmad, Riaz ^a   Ranjha, Atta Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Growth yield components; Maize hybrids; Row spacing

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956799001     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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