Do the roots of perennial ryegrass elongate to biopores filled with the casts of endogeic earthworms?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 529-531

  Hirth, J R ^a,b   Mckenzie, B M ^a   Tisdall, J M ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Rutherglen Research Institute   (Australia)

^c Institute of Sustainable Irrigated Agriculture   (Australia)

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EID: 0031007834     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00176-9     Document Type: Article

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