Growing chinese cabbage in Western Australia - Digital Library

Bulletins 4000 - Agriculture

6-2006

Growing chinese cabbage in Western Australia Growing chinese cabbage in Western Australia

John Burt Dennis Phillips David Gatter

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Recommended Citation Recommended Citation

Burt, J, Phillips, D, and Gatter, D. (2006), Growing chinese cabbage in Western Australia. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia, Perth. Bulletin 4673.

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