Productivity advantage of crop-perennial pasture intercropping in southeastern Australia

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1588-1596

  Craig, Penny Roberts ^a   Coventry, David ^a   Edwards, Janelle Hocking ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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EID: 84886407643     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2013.0196     Document Type: Article

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