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Welcome to Issue 2 of Grassroots
for 2020.
This issue brings a variety of topics in
the hopes to cover the interest of you,
all the readers!
We start this issue with some “AWN-
SOME” research Craig Morris has been
doing on Themeda triandra awns. In
his article, Craig looks at how T. triandra
awns work and whether long awns
are better than short awns at transporting
seed across the soil to a suitable
germination site, and in the process,
describes the intricacies of awn racing.
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management was
year. Paulina Flores
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mary of this latest ha
management.
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Grassroots Vol 20 No 2 June 2020