Effects of different dilutions of municipal waste water on some physiological aspects of Eichornia crassipes Solms

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue SPL.ISS.1, 2012, Pages 97-100

  Kausar, Farzana ^a   Hayyat, Muhammad Umar ^a   Siddiq, Zafar ^a   Mahmood, Rashid ^a  

^a GCU   (Pakistan)

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EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES;

EID: 84864097236     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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