Effect of various priming sources on yield and yield components of maize cultivars

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 4123-4131

  Bakht, Jehan ^a   Shah, Rahmat ^a   Shafi, Mohammad ^a   Khan, Mohammad Aman ^b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78751536687     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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