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Competitive indices of wheat + compact-mustard intercropping in a 5:1 row proportion as influenced by fertilizer doses and seed rates of wheat varieties

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Pages 1399-1412 | Received 05 Mar 2011, Accepted 08 Jun 2011, Published online: 07 Mar 2012

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