Growth and spread of Digitaria eriantha cv. Premier and Urochloa mosambicensis cv. Nixon oversown into native speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) pasture in south-east Queensland

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-49

  McDonald, C K ^b   Jones, R M ^b   Tothill, J C ^a  

^a CSIRO Tropical Agriculture ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITARIA ERIANTHA; HETEROPOGON CONTORTUS; MACROPTILIUM ATROPURPUREUM; UROCHLOA MOSAMBICENSIS;

EID: 0031828963     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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