Effect of source and level of potash on yield and quality of potato tubers

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 3137-3145

  Zameer Khan, M ^a   Ehsan Akhtar, M ^a   Naeem Safdar, M ^b   Masud Mahmood, M ^c   Ahmad, Sagheer ^d   Ahmed, N ^e  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b Grain Quality Testing Labaratory ^*

^c Horticulture Research Institute

^d Crop Sciences Institute

^e Soil and water testing Lab Old Shujabad   (Pakistan)

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