Contributed Articles March 1980 (No. 1)

An appreciation of Dr C.S. Andrew

Presidential Address:
The essential features of successful farming: permanence, health and beauty — W.R. PECHEY

Availability of residual fertiliser phosphorus in two soils of the coastal lowlands, south-east Queensland — R.C. BRUCE

Effect of plant height and cutting height on yield and quality of Indigofera hirsuta — R.S. KALMBACHER, E.M. HODGES and F.G. MARTIN

Survival of seedlings and primary taproots of white clover (Trifolium repens) in subtropical pastures, in south-east Queensland — R.M. JONES

The effect of superphosphate application on establishment and persistence of three Stylosanthes spp. in native pasture on an infertile duplex soil near Mareeba, North Queensland — M.A. GILBERT and K.A. SHAW

Screening strains of rhizobium for the tropical legumes Clitoria ternatea and Vigna trilobata in soils of different pH — M.G. ZAROUG and D.N. MUNNS

The effectiveness of some herbicides for weed control in Panicum maximum and Brachiaria decumbens and some factors affecting the atrazine tolerance of these species — D. HAWTON

Animal production from annual pastures, of irrigated ryegrass in the Burnett district of south-east Queensland — G.B. ROBBINS G.J. BUSBY and G.B. FAULKNER

Proceedings:
Co-ordinated property development and enterprises; field meeting, Yandilla, September 14, 1979

Proceedings:
Pastures for the Toowoomba-Crow's Nest District; field meeting, November 23, 1979

Book Review

An African Dam: Ecological survey of the Kamburu/Gtaru hydro electric dam area, Kenya

Contributed Articles July 1980 (No. 2)

Yield and persistence of perennial Stylosanthes species on the Mackay wet coast — H.G. BISHOP, J.G. McIVOR and M.T. RUTHERFORD

The effect of grazing and superphosphate on a naturalised legume, Desmodium heterophyllum, on hill land in Fiji — I.J. PARTRIDGE

Phosphorus retention by a krasnozem soil and response by a guinea-centro pasture in the wet tropics — J. STANDLEY

Effect of Gliricidia maculata on growth and breeding of Bannur ewes — P.A. CHADHOKAR and K.R. KANTHARAJU

Preliminary assessment of the productivity and aphid resistance of ten American lucerne varieties and cv. Hunter River at Gatton, south-eastern Queensland — K.F. LOWE, J.W. TURNER and T.M. BOWDLER

The efficacy of biosupers made from different forms of phosphate on forage legumes in hill land in Fiji — I.J. PARTRIDGE

Autumn-saved and spring productivity of Narok setaria fertilised with nitrogen in coastal south-east Queensland — H. OSTROWSKI and J.C. MULDER

Soil manganese tests and the comparative tolerance of kikuyu and white clover to manganese toxicity — G.E. RAYMENT and K.A. VERRALL

Resistance of Desmodium heterocarpon and other tropical legumes to root-knot nematodes — A.E. KRETSCHMER Jr, R.M. SONODA and G.H. SNYDER

Proceedings:
Persistence of commercial tropical pastures in the Tweed River Valley area; field meeting, May 2, 1980

Book Review

Weeds of Queensland

Contributed Articles November 1980 (No. 3)

Preface to the Second Australian Conference on Tropical Pastures, Brisbane, Queensland, May 12-16, 1980

Criteria of merit for pasture species with particular reference to legumes — D.G. CAMERON

Stress physiology of tropical pasture plants — M.M. LUDLOW

Resistance to diseases and pests of tropical pasture plants — JILLIAN M. LENNE, J.W. TURNER and D.F. CAMERON

Deficiencies of adaptation of pasture legumes — L.R. HUMPHREYS

Selection of environment and cropping system for tropical grass seed production — D.S. LOCH

Seed processing, storage and quality control — R.L. HARTY

Seedling characteristics of tropical pasture species and their implications for ease of establishment — R.G. SILCOCK

Establishing pasture species in existing swards: A review — S.J. COOK

Trends in fertiliser costs and usage on pastures in tropical and subtropical Australia — J.S. PULSFORD

Nitrogen fixation associated with grasses — K.L. WEIER

Endomycorrhizas and the productivity of tropical pastures: the potential for improvement and its practical realisation — W. JEHNE

Estimation of maintenance fertiliser needs — G.E. RAYMENT and K.R. HELYAR

Population dynamics in grazed pastures — R.M. JONES and J.J. MOTT

Effect of stocking rate on tropical pastures — C.R. ROBERTS

Integration of feed sources in property management: Intensive systems — G.J. MURTAGH

Integration of feed sources in property management: Extensive systems — K.G. RICKERT and W.H. WINTER

Integration of feed sources, in property management: Modelling approach — G.M. McKEON and W.J. SCATTINI

Prospects for improving the digestibility and intake of tropical grasses — J.R. WILSON and D.J. MINSON

Protein nutrition of ruminants in tropical areas of Australia — D.W. HENNESSY

Mineral deficiencies limiting production of ruminants grazing tropical pastures in Australia — R.J.W. GARTNER, R.W. McLEAN, D.A. LITTLE and L. WINKS

Relations between sward characteristics and animal production — L.'t MANNETJE and J.P. EBERSOHN

Range management in the dry tropics with special reference to Queensland — W.H. BURROWS

Prospects for satellite applications in Australian rangelands — R.B. HACKER

Concluding remarks and priorities for future research — E.F. HENZELL

Book Review

Advances in Desert and Arid Land Technology and Development, Volume 1

Potential Contribution of Research to Agricultural Development in Northern Australia