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1 Regional Research Station, Kapurthala, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

2 Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Dinajpur, Bangladesh

\*Address all correspondence to: rajansoils@pau.edu

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