Som Pal Baliyan. Evaluation of Onion Varieties for Productivity Performance in Botswana.
. 2014; 2(3):129-135. doi: 10.12691/WJAR-2-3-8
onion productivity, onion varieties, on-farm evaluation, adaptation, yield performance, Botswana
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