Influence of zinc and iron on yield and quality of sugarcane planted under various trench spacings

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-33

  Ghaffar, Abdul ^a   Ehsanullah, ^a   Akbar, Nadeem ^a   Khan, Sultan Habibullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Iron; Quality; Sucrose contents; Sugar yield; Sugarcane; Trench spacing; Zinc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856595810     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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