Strategies to mitigate seasonality of production in grassland-based systems

Grassland: A Global Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 111-122

  Porqueddu, C ^a   Maltoni, S ^a   McIvor, J G ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal production; Fertilisers; Plant choice; Resource integration; Sward manipulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877912241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-551-2     Document Type: Chapter

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