Wheat-based intercropping A review

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 896-907

  Aziz, M ^a   Mahmood, A ^b   Asif, M ^c   Ali, A ^c  

^a Muhammad Nawaz Shareef University of Agriculture   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Intercropping; Land equivalent ratio; Pests; Resource utilization; Weeds; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941991991     PISSN: 10187081     EISSN: 23098694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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