Effects of Sowing Season and Cultivation Methods on Seedling Emergence, Survivor Rate and Growth of Astragalus flexilepes L. in Rangelands of Kermanshah Province, Iran
Subject Areas : Range Management
Khosrw Shahbazi
1
(Head, Jihad-e-Agriculture Organization, Kermanshah)
Mohhamad Fayaz
2
(Forests and rangelands Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran)
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