Maize growth and yield in Peshawar under changing climate

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1933-1938

  Shah, Abdullah ^a   Akmal, M ^a   Asim, M ^a   Farhatullah, ^a   Raziuddin, ^a   Rafi, Abdul ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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EID: 84878466300     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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