Impact of tillage, plant population and mulches on weed management and grain yield of maize

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1603-1606

  Gul, Bakhtiar ^a   Marwat, Khan Bahadar ^a   Saeed, Muhammad ^a   Hussain, Zahid ^a   Ali, Haidar ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959647480     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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