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Water Use Efficiency of Cotton and Wheat Crops at Various Management Allowed Depletion in Lower Indus Basin

Keywords: Irrigation Water Management, Water Use Efficiency, Indus Basin.

Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology

Volume 29 ,  Issue 4

KHALIFA QASIM LAGHARI , BAKHSHAL KHAN LASHARI , HAJI MAHMOOD MEMON ,

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