Field studies of the effects of pre-sowing weed control and time of sowing on tropical perennial grass establishment, North-West Slopes, New South Wales

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-191

  Lodge, G M ^a   Brennan, M A ^a   Harden, S ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Over wintering; Soil seedbanks; Summer growing annual grasses

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; DEFOLIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASS; PASTURE; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOWING DATE; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BOTHRIOCHLOA BLADHII; CHLORIS GAYANA; DICHANTHIUM ARISTATUM; DIGITARIA (ANGIOSPERM); DIGITARIA ERIANTHA; PANICUM COLORATUM; POACEAE; UROCHLOA PANICOIDES;

EID: 77949389919     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP09227     Document Type: Article

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