Performance of winter maize (Zea mays) hybrid to planting methods and nitrogen levels

Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Mehta, Savita ^a   Bedi, Seema ^a   Kumar Vashist, Krishan ^a,b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Agronomy ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Acid invertase; Glutamine synthetase; Growth parameters; Maize; Nitrate reductase; Nitrogen levels; Planting methods

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955907480     PISSN: 00195022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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