Contamination and persistence of endophyte-free ryegrass pastures established by spray-drilling, and intensively grazed by dairy cows in the waikato region of New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-173

  Burggraaf, V T ^a   Thom, E R ^a  

^a Dexcel Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dairy cows; Dung; Endophyte contamination; Glyphosate herbicide; Lolium perenne; Natural reseeding; Neotyphodium lolii; Perennial ryegrass; Ryegrass pulling; Ryegrass seed bank; Seed transfer; Volunteer ryegrass; White clover competition

Indexed keywords

ENDOPHYTE; GRAZING; PASTURE; WEED CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

LOLIUM PERENNE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0033810805     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2000.9513418     Document Type: Article

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