Enhancing crop productivity through wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) - Fenugreek intercropping system

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-215

  Wasaya, A ^a   Ahmad, R ^b   Hassan, F U ^a   Ansar, M ^a   Manaf, A ^a   Sher, A ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Grain yield; Intercropping; Land equivalent ratio; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874784241     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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