Effects of benlate systemic fungicide on seed germination, seedling growth, biomass and phenolic contents in two cultivars of Zea mays L.

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 577-582

  Siddiqui, Zamin Shaheed ^a   Arif Uz Zaman, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9744241100     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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