Impact of tillage, plant population and mulches on phenological characters of maize

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 549-554

  Gul, Bakhtiar ^a   Marwat, Khan Bahadar ^b   Khan, Muhammad Azim ^a   Khan, Haroon ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b SBB University   (Pakistan)

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