Sown pasture priorities for the subtropical and tropical Beef Industry

Tropical Grasslands

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 266-272

  Walker, B ^a,c   Baker, Jocelyn ^b   Becker, Marion ^b   Brunckhorst, R ^b   Heatley, D ^b   Simms, J ^b   Skerman, D S ^a   Walsh, S ^b  

^a Meat Research Corporation   (Australia)

^b MRC's North Australian Program Industry Committee   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Australia)

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