Effect of spring grazing management on perennial ryegrass and ryegrass-white clover pastures: 1. Tissue turnover and herbage accumulation

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-35

  Garay, A Hernández ^a,b   Hodgson, J ^a   Matthew, C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Herbage production; Perennial ryegrass; Spring grazing management

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842413694     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.1997.9513227     Document Type: Article

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