Impact of distillery effluent on germination behaviour of Brassica napus L

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-94

  Malaviya, Piyush ^a   Sharma, Anuradha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Distillery effluent; Germination; Pollution

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANOLA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISTILLATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; IRRIGATION; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 79955812400     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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