Fruit characterization of Pakistani dates

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3715-3722

  Markhand, Ghulam Sarwar ^a   Abul Soad, Adel A ^b   Mirbahar, Ameer Ahmed ^a,c   Kanhar, Nisar Ahmed ^a  

^a SHAH ABDUL LATIF UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Vegetable Seed Production and Technology   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

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EID: 78751516692     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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