Enhancement in growth and yield of mushroom using magnetic field treatment

International Agrophysics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-380

  Jamil, Y ^a   Ul Haq, Zia ^a   Iqbal, M ^b   Perveen, T ^a   Amin, N ^a  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Magnetic field treatment; Mushroom; Spawn running; Yield

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GROWTH RATE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MUSHROOM;

EID: 84878093132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02368722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10247-012-0052-4     Document Type: Article

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