African Journal of
Agricultural Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Agric. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1991-637X
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJAR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 6863

Full Length Research Paper

Response of biofertilizers and homo-brassinolide on growth, yield and oil content of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

A. K. Bera
  • A. K. Bera
  • Department of ASEPAN, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal-731 236, India.
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K. Pramanik
  • K. Pramanik
  • Department of ASEPAN, Institute of Agriculture, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, West Bengal-731 236, India.
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B. Mandal
  • B. Mandal
  • Department of Agriculture, Government. of West Bengal, India.
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  •  Received: 31 December 2013
  •  Accepted: 10 October 2014
  •  Published: 27 November 2014

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