Setting management limits for the production and utilization of herbage for out-of-season grazing

Grass and Forage Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-25

  Laidlaw, A S ^a   Mayne, C S ^b  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; PERENNIAL PLANT; PRODUCTIVITY;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034162738     PISSN: 01425242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2494.2000.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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