The role of soybean in agriculture

The Soybean: Botany, Production and Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 24-47

  Singh, Guriqbal ^a   Shivakumar, B G ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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