Variation in seed yield and its components in the Australian native grass Microlaena stipoides as a guide to its potential as a perennial grain crop

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-316

  Davies, C L ^a   Waugh, D L ^a   Lefroy, E C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domestication; Salinity; Weeping rice grass

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DOMESTICATION; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; SALINITY; SEED PRODUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

JARAVA; MICROLAENA; MICROLAENA STIPOIDES;

EID: 18244382839     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR04204     Document Type: Article

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