Organic vs chemical fertilization of medicinal plants: A concise review of researches

Advances in Environmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2 SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 394-400

  Naguib, Nabila Yehya Mohamed ^a  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Extinction 3; Inorganic 4; Medicinal 5; Organic; Organic 2

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960437151     PISSN: 19950756     EISSN: 19981066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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