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Tropical Grasslands
Vol. 21 1987

Contributed Articles March 1987 (No. 1)

   

Influence of frequency of nitrogen fertiliser application on milk production from cows grazing tropical grass pastures — T.M. DAVISON, R.K. SHEPHERD and G.W. BROWN

1

Mineral concentration of tropical grasses as affected by age of regrowth — D. ROJAS, O.L.R. McDOWELL, J.E. MOORE, F.G. MARTIN and W.R. OCUMPAUGH

8

Effects of stocking rate and grass species on pasture and cattle productivity of sown pastures on a fertile brigalow soil in central Queensland — B. WALKER, P.B. HODGE and P.K. O'ROURKE

14

Technical Note: Growth response of tropical forage legumes to inoculation with Glomus intraradices — O.A. MEDINA-GONZALES, D.M. SYLVIA and A.E. KRETSCHMER Jr

24

Establishment and persistence of introduced grasses on the Marrakai land system, in the Northern Territory semi-arid tropics — T.H. McCOSKER

28

New Pasture Plant Release

   

Medicago sativa L. (lucerne) cv. Aurora

41

Lolium perenne L. (perennial ryegrass) cv. Martlet

43

Andropogon gayanus Kunth (gamba grass) cv. Kent

44

Book Review

   

Pasture Research in Northern Australia — Its History, Achievements and Future Emphasis — A.G. EYLES and D.G. CAMERON, Ed. J.B. HACKER

47

The Northern Challenge — A History of CSIRO Crop Research in Northern Australia — J.J. BASINSKI, I.M. WOOD and J.B. HACKER

48

Contributed Articles June 1987 (No. 2)

   

Presidential Address:
The Tropical Grassland Society of Australia: New directions — D.J. MINSON

49

Persistence and productivity of Centrosema virginianum and Vigna parkeri cv. Shaw under grazing on the coastal lowlands of south-east Queensland — R.M. JONES and R.J. CLEMENTS

55

Simulated latitudinal effects on flowering and seed production of Stylosanthes guianensis selections — K. TRONGKONGSIN and L.R. HUMPHREYS

64

Using fire and supplements to improve cattle production from monsoon tallgrass pastures — W.H. WINTER

71

Agronomic and grazing evaluation of 3 lines of Centrosema pascuorum under seasonally flooded conditions in the Northern Territory — T.H. McCOSKER

81

Technical Note: Recruitment of Astrebla spp. in the Warrego Region of south-western Queensland — R. ROE

91

New Pasture Plant Release

   

Paspalum notatum Flügge (Bahia grass) cv. Competidor

93

In Memorium — W.R. Pechey

95

Contributed Articles September 1987 (No. 3)

   

Notes to Contributors

97

Cattle production from high input introduced pastures on the Marrakai land system, N.T. — T.H. McCOSKER

100

Influence of withholding irrigation and trellis culture on seed production of Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. Siratro — L. Kowithayakorn and L.R. HUMPHREYS

107

Estimating forage intake from the growth of beef cattle — D.J. MINSON and C.K. McDONALD

116

Mob-grazing of morphologically different Aeschynomene species — RHONDA R. GILDERSLEEVE, W.R. OCUMPAUGH, K.H. QUESENBERRY and J.E. MOORE

123

Productivity of grazed irrigated pastures of ryegrass, berseem clover and ryegrass/berseem clover in south-east Queensland — G.B. ROBBINS and J.J. BUSHELL

133

Technical Note: Effect of weed competition on the early growth of Lucaena leucophala — D.G. COOKSLEY

139

New Pasture Plant Release

   

Digitaria smutsii Stent (digit grass) cv. Premier

142

Contributed Articles December 1987 (No. 4)

   

A pasture budget for dairy farms in the Kyogle district — G.J. MURTAGH and K.G. MOORE

145

Effect of grazing on net primary production and system transfer function in a western Himalayan grassland community — ARUN K. AGRAWAL and ASHWANI K. GOYAL

154

Pastures in the plantations of Asia and the Pacific: performance and prospect — H.M. SHELTON, L.R. HUMPHREYS and C. BATELLO

159

Yield, persistence and field disease assessment of lucerne cultivars and lines under irrigation in the Queensland subtropics — K.F. LOWE, D. GRAMSHAW, T.M. BOWDLER, R.L. CLEM and B.G. COLLYER

168

Cytogenetic review of taxa in Stylosanthes hamata sensu lato — HELEN M. STACE and D.F. CAMERON

182

Technical Note: Glabrous stem: a seedling marker gene in Aeschynomene americana — C.W. DEREN and K.H. QUESENBERRY

188

New Pasture Release

   

Ornithopus compressus L. (Yellow serradella) cv. Tauro

191


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