Cropping systems and production agronomy

The Lentil: Botany, Production and uses

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 213-228

  Ali, Masood ^a   Singh, K K ^a   Pramanik, S C ^a   Ali, Mohamed Omar ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH   (India)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

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