Profitability of three maize hybrids as influenced by varying plant density and potassium application

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-47

  Ahmad, M ^a   Ahmad, R ^b   Malik, A U ^a   Hussain, S ^c   Ishaque, M ^b  

^a Agriculture Adaptive Research Complex   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c BZU Bahadur Sub Campus Layyah   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

K application; Maize hybrids; Plant bareness; Plant density; Profitability

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79956265342     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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