Screening of maize varieties for grain yield at Dera Ismail Khan

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 626-628

  Hussain, N ^a   Khan, M Y ^a   Baloch, M S ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b Agriculture Research Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Grain yield; Growth; Maize; Varieties

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863409359     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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