Productivity of 12 Stylosanthes in semi-arid Mozambique

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-45

  Muir, J P ^a,b   Abrao, L ^a  

^a Inst de Prod Animal   (Mozambique)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STYLOSANTHES; STYLOSANTHES GUIANENSIS; STYLOSANTHES HAMATA; STYLOSANTHES SCABRA;

EID: 0032775750     PISSN: 00494763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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