Biomass producing potential in an age series of Populus deltoides plantation in Rohilkhand region of Uttar Pradesh

Plant Archives

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 231-237

  Shyam, Sharad ^a   Srivastava, Alok K ^b  

^a Department of Botany   (India)

^b Department of Botany   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Populus

Indexed keywords

POPULUS; POPULUS DELTOIDES;

EID: 79961053809     PISSN: 09725210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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