Influence of intercropping in maize on performance of weeds and the associated crops

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1729-1734

  Hussain, Zahid ^a   Marwat, Khan Bahadar ^a   Munsif, Fazal ^a   Samad, Abdul ^b   Hashim, Saima ^a   Bakht, Tamana ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Agricultural Research Institute Tarnab   (Pakistan)

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