Alligator Weed: Tasty Vegetable in Australian Backyards?

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-20

  Gunasekera, Lalith ^a   Bonila, Julio ^a  

^a Keith Turnbull Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternanthera philoxeroides; Aquatic; Herbicides; Leafy vegetable; Public awareness; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347242050     PISSN: 01466623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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