Response of morphological and physiological growth attributes to foliar application of plant growth regulators in gladiolus 'White Prosperity'

Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-129

  Sajjad, Yasar ^a   Jaskani, Muhammad Jafar ^a   Ashraf, Muhammad Yasin ^b   Qasim, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Corms; Flower spike; Gladiolus; Phenolics; Plant growth regulators; Sugars

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897142507     PISSN: 05529034     EISSN: 20760906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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