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FOREWORD

Australian Grassland Association research symposium 2023: pasture legumes for sustainable productive systems

Brendan R. Cullen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2327-0946 A *
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A School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia.

* Correspondence to: bcullen@unimelb.edu.au

Crop & Pasture Science 74(8) 645-646 https://doi.org/10.1071/CP23162
Submitted: 7 June 2023  Accepted: 9 June 2023   Published: 29 June 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing

Keywords: dormancy, forage legumes, pasture legumes, pasture management, pasture persistence, pasture production, pasture systems.


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