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Influence of foliar application of mineral nutrients at different growth stages of guava

Jitendra KumarDepartment of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rajesh KumarDepartment of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
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Ratna RaiDepartment of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
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Daya Shankar MishraDepartment of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
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Saurabh Kumar SinghDepartment of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India
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Prashant Kisan NimbolkarDivision of Fruit Crops, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru, India
Pages 656-661 | Received 13 Oct 2015, Accepted 13 Apr 2016, Published online: 10 Mar 2017

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