Evaluating different irrigation scheduling criteria for autumn-sown maize under semi-arid environment

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1293-1298

  Mubeen, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Ashfaq ^a   Wajid, Aftab ^a   Bakhsh, Allah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

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