Harry stobbs memorial lecture, 1994: Potential and prospects of legume-based pastures in the tropics

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 81-94

  Mannetje, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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