Effect of drought stress on physiological and biochemical characteristics of Nigella sativa L.

- دوازده‌امامی، س. و مجنون حسینی، ن.، ١٣٨٧. زراعت و تولید برخی گیاهان دارویی و ادویه‌ای. انتشارات دانشگاه تهران،
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