Efficiency of wheat brassica mixtures with different seed rates in rainfed areas of Potohar-Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 759-766

  Khan, Sartaj ^a   Khan, M Ajab ^b   Akmal, M ^c   Ahmad, Mushtaq ^b   Zafar, M ^b   Jabeen, Asma ^d  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^d FATIMA JINNAH WOMEN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

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