Expediency of water and soil nutrients in irrigated and extreme drought conditions

Muhammad Zubair; Lal Hussain Akhtar; Rashid Minhas; Muhammad Javed Qamar; Shah Jahan Bukhari; Attiq Sadiq; Sabir Hussain; Ali Ammar; Muhammad Kashif Aziz

doi:10.5897/AJAR2017.12132

African Journal of
Agricultural Research

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
Language: English
ISSN: 1991-637X
DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
Start Year: 2006
Published Articles: 6865

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Expediency of water and soil nutrients in irrigated and extreme drought conditions

Muhammad Zubair

Muhammad Zubair
Agricultural Research Station, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Lal Hussain Akhtar

Lal Hussain Akhtar
Agricultural Research Station, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Rashid Minhas

Rashid Minhas
Agricultural Research Station, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Muhammad Javed Qamar

Muhammad Javed Qamar
Soil and Water Testing Lab for Research, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Shah Jahan Bukhari

Shah Jahan Bukhari
Agricultural Research Station, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Attiq Sadiq

Attiq Sadiq
Cotton Research Station, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Sabir Hussain

Sabir Hussain
Cotton Research Station, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Ali Ammar

Ali Ammar
Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Muhammad Kashif Aziz

Muhammad Kashif Aziz
Regional Agricultural Research Institute, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
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Article Number - 8ECB46565105
Vol.12(27), pp. 2310-2318 , July 2017
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2017.12132

Received: 09 January 2017
Accepted: 14 February 2017
Published: 06 July 2017

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