Effects of leachates from swards of Bothriochloa pertusa and Urochloa mosambicensis on the growth of four test species, B. pertusa, U. mosambicensis, Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano and S. scabra cv. Seca and an assessment of the endophyte status of the grasses

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 122-126

  Hu, F D ^a   Jones, R J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

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