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Tropical Grasslands
Vol. 23 1989

Contributed Articles March 1989 (No. 1)

   

Response of perennial leguminous cover crops in Malaysia to inoculation with Bradyrhizobium — FAIZAH ABDUL WAHAB, R.A. DATE, R.J. ROUGHLEY, A. IKRAM and S. CHONG KEWI

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The effects of grazing versus indoor feeding during the day on milk production in Thailand — S. HONGYANTARACHAI, G. NITHICHAI, N. WONGSUWAN, S. PRASANPANICH, S. SIWICHAI, S. PRATUMSUWAN, T. TASAPANON and B.R. WATKIN

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Performance of a sown pasture mixture and a small cow breeding herd and progeny grazing the pasture in the northen "Wallum" of south-eastern Queensland — J.F. COMPTON, K.B. ADDISON, D.G. CAMERON, D.C. NICHOL and K.L. BUTLER

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Effect of plant density and cutting frequency on the productivity of four tree legumes — A. ELLA, C. JACOBSEN, W.W. STÜR and G. BLAIR

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Effect of first year grazing management on Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano production at Muak Lek, Saraburi, Thailand — S. TUDSRI, B.R. WATKIN, S. CHANTKAM, A.C.P. CHU and B.J. FORDE

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Productivity and production dynamics of silverleaf desmodium (Desmodium uncinatum) greenleaf desmodium ( D. intortum) and two D. intortum × D. sandwicense hybrids at two stocking rates in coastal south-east Queensland — R.M. JONES

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An analysis of book sales by the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia — G.T. ADAMS, D. PRESTWIDGE and A. TEEKMAN

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Awards of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia

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Contributed Articles June 1989 (No. 2)

   

Nitrogen-fertilised pastures of Narok setaria and Samford rhodes grass give similar beef production in S.E. Queensland — R.J. JONES

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Liveweight gain from four nitrogen fertilised grasses grazed over the growing season in coastal south-east Queensland — R.M. JONES and T.R. EVANS

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Herbage yields of Cenchrus ciliaris L. increase with clipping — JERRY R. BARKER and MAHDI M. KIDAR

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Agronomy and forage quality of Albizia lebbeck in the semi-arid tropics — J. BRIAN LOWRY

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Responses to inoculation with root-nodule bacteria by Leucaena leucocephala in soils of N.E. Thailand — J. HOMCHAN, R.A. DATE and R.J. ROUGHLEY

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Responses to inoculation with root-nodule bacteria by Stylosanthes humilis and S. hamata in soils of N.E. Thailand — J. HOMCHAN, R.J. ROUGHLEY and R.A. DATE

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The effect of the Leucaena Psyllid on the yield of Leucaena leucophala cv. Cunningham at four sites in the tropics — BRIAN PALMER, R.A. BRAY, TATANG M. IBRAHIM and M.G. FULLOON

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The effect of Leucaena leucocephala on the reproduction of beef cattle grazing leucaena/grass pastures — R.M. JONES, M.W. McLENNAN and K.F. DOWSETT

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Technical Note

   

Forage cultivars released for use in Queensland — A.G. EYLES

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New Herbage Plant Cultivar

   

Medicago scutella (L.) Mill. (snail medic) cv. Kelson

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Ornithopus compressus L. (yellow serradella) cv. Madiera

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Ornithopus compressus L. (yellow serradella) cv. Elgara

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Vigna parkeri Bak. spp. maranguensis (Taub.) Verdc. (creeping vigna) cv. Shaw

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Book Review

   

Agronomy of grassland systems

126

Native pastures in Queensland

126

Tropical pastures and fodder crops

127

Dairy cattle research techniques

128

Contributed Articles September 1989 (No. 3)

   

Beef production from nitrogen-fertilised Mott elephantgrass and Pensacola bahiagrass pastures — L.E. SOLLENBERGER and C.S. JONES

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Liveweight gain from rotationally grazed and continutinuously grazed pastures of Narok setaria and Samford rhodes grass fertilised with nirtogen in southeast Queensland — R.J. JONES and R.M. JONES

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Feed supply and demand of a sheep production system in the Montane Plains (Yemen Arab Republic) — J.J. KESSLER

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Legumes for heavy grazing in coastal subtropical Australia — D.G. CAMERON, R.M. JONES, G.P.M. WILSON, H.G. BISHOP, B.G. COOK, G.R. LEE and K.F. LOWE

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Establishment of two cultivars of rhizoma peanut as affected by weed control and planting rate — E.G. CANUDAS, K.H. QUESENBERRY, L.E. SOLLENBERGER and G.M. PRINE

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Nodulation of Leucaena leucocephala in acid soils of Peninsular Malaysia — WONG CHOI CHEE, J. SUNDRAM, R.A. DATE and R.J. ROUGHLEY

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The low tolerance of Stylosanthes species to sulphur deficiency — M.A. GILBERT and K.A. SHAW

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Effect of fertilisers and legumes on the productivity of Cenchrus ciliaris in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India — P. RAI

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Book Review

   

White clover

192

Contributed Articles December 1989 (No. 4)

   

Consequences for animal production of cyanogenesis in sorghum forage and hay — a review — J.L. WHEELER and C. MULCAHY

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Effect of age of millet and sorghum hays on their composition, digestibility and intake by sheep — D.A. HEDGES, J.L. WHEELER and D.K. MULDOON

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Burning, then spelling reduces wiregrass (Aristida spp.) in black spear grass pastures — C.J. PATON and K.G. RICKETT

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Digestion of seed from hard-seeded selections of Macrotyloma uniflorum (horse gram) by cattle — B.W. NORTON , C. WHITFORD and I.B. STAPLES

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Seed production and forage performance of Centro (Centrosema pubscens) and Siratro (Macroptilium atropurpureum cv. Siratro) as influenced by staking and type of pod harvest — J.O. AKINOLA and E.C. AGISHI

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Testing new accessions of guinea grass (Panicum maximum) for acid soils and resistance to spittlebug (Aeneolamia reducta) — D. THOMAS and S. LAPOINTE

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Yield, persistence and dry matter digestilibility of some C3, C4 and C3/C4 Panicum species — KAREN HILL, J.R. WILSON and H.M. SHELTON

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Damping-off of Stylosanthes guianensis by Pythium irregulare — A.B. GOULD and R.M. SONODA

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Awards of the Tropical Grasslands Society

254

Book Review

   

Advances in nitrogen cycling in agricultural systems

256


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