Tall fescue establishment and management in south west Victoria

New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-46

  Raeside, M C ^a,b,c   Friend, M A ^b,c   Behrendt, R ^a,b   Lawson, A R ^a   Clark, S G ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b Co operative Research Centre for Future FarmingIndustries ^*  (Australia)

^c EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Drought; Forage production; Forage quality; Grazing management; Heat tolerance; Pasture persistence; Perennial forage; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; FORAGE; GRASS; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; HEATING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PERSISTENCE; SEEDLING; SOWING; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATERLOGGING;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM;

EID: 84862902107     PISSN: 00288233     EISSN: 11758775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288233.2011.643903     Document Type: Article

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