Temperate native Australian grass improvement by selection

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 487-497

  Lodge, G M ^a  

^a Tamworth Centre for Crop Improvement   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domestication; Improvement; Native Australian grasses; Species selection

Indexed keywords

ASTREBLA; BOTHRIOCHLOA; DANTHONIA; MICROLAENA; POACEAE; THEMEDA;

EID: 0030480799     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1996.9513210     Document Type: Article

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