Interactive effects of watering regimes and exogenously applied osmoprotectants on earliness indices and leaf area index in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) crop

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1873-1881

  Noreen, Sibgha ^a   Athar, Habib Ur Rehman ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad ^b,c  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84887601380     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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