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Research Article

Competition among warm season C4-cereals influence water use efficiency and competition ratios

AmanullahDepartment of Agronomy, Faculty of Crop Production Sciences, The University of Agriculture Peshawar, Peshawar25130, PakistanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Manuel Tejada MoralUniversity of Seville, SpainView further author information
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Article: 1011466 | Received 26 Oct 2014, Accepted 20 Jan 2015, Published online: 11 Feb 2015

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