Breeding and use of summer-dormant grasses in southern australia, with special reference to phalaris

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2335-2346

  Culvenor, Richard A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS AQUATICA; POACEAE; SCHISMUS;

EID: 70749159778     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.06.0321     Document Type: Article

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