Seminal root of maize varieties in relation to reduction in the substrate moisture content

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2897-2902

  Shah, Asad ^a   Gohar, Rabia ^a   Khalid, S ^b   Akmal, Mohammad ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871509035     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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