The influence of grazing management on weed invasion of Lolium perenne pastures under subtropical conditions in South Africa

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-30

  McKenzie, F R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b AGRICULTURE VICTORIA RESEARCH   (Australia)

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