Contributed Articles March 1996 (No. 1)

Pastures for prosperity. Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Tropical Pastures Conference held at Atherton, Queensland, in June 1995 — J.K. LESLIE

Harry Stobbs Memorial Lecture, 1995. Managing grazing lands: Critical information infrastructures and knowledge requirements for the future — JERRY W. STUTH

Pastures for prosperity

1. The global environment of pasture-based industries — beef and sheep meat —R.J. BLIGH

2. The global environment of pasture-based industries — dairying — P. DONNELLY

3. The future for new tropical pasture plants — R.J. CLEMENTS

4. Managing resources: Moving from sustainable yield to sustainability in tropical rangelands — J.R. BROWN and A.J. ASH

5. The role of animal science — J.E. VERCOE

Proceedings of Seeds Forum: The changing face of the seed industry

1. Proprietary lines and plant breeders' rights — PETER ROTHWELL

2. The changing face of tropical pasture seed marketing in northern Australia — JOHN RAINS

3. A time of change in the Australian seed industry — TED JEPPESEN

4. The future for the seed industry — a seed user's viewpoint — ALF COLLINS

5. The future for the seed industry — a grower's persepctive — NINO QUADRIO

6. What we want from the seed industry in the future — a merchant's viewpoint — PHILIP SMITH

Proceedings of Dairy Forum: Pastures are the basis of a competitive dairy industry

1. Development of a low-cost temperate pasture system — IVAN and DELLAS WENDT

2. Using a good block of land to best advantage — JOHN and CHARLIE HINES

3. Perennial ryegrass and clover pasture management in northern NSW — SAM TONGE

4. Pasture and herd management on the Atherton Tablelands — JOE TRANTER

Proceedings of Beef Inland Forum: Tough decisions in tough environments

1. Crossbreeding to maximise production on 'Bendemeer' — JOHN BURNETT

2. The future for beef in the northern briglow area — IAN THOMASON

3. It's a tough business in the nineties — JOHN BETHEL

Proceedings of Beef Coastal Forum: Is there a living in it?

1. Meeting markets in semi-arid environments — GREG BROWN

2. Grazing in the nineties — The role of improved pastures — JOHN COX

3. Future of the Atherton Tableland beef industry — BERNIE ENGLISH

Conference Posters

Statement of issues related to tropical pastures — J.K. LESLIE

Statement of issues related to tropical pastures

Conference Delegates

Awards of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc.

Book Review

Tropical Forages: Their role in sustainable agriculture

Diseases of Tropical Pasture Plants

Notes for Contributors

Contributed Articles June 1996 (No. 2)

Influence of sowing date and seedbed preparation on herbage production and botanical composition of tropical grass-clover pastures oversown with Midmar ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) for forage production during the dry season — G.J. MANYAWU and A.U.K. MADZUDZO

An improved method for measuring the germinable soil seed banks of tropical pastures — D.M. ORR, C.J. PATON and G.W. BLIGHT

The classification of a Sesbania sesban (ssp. sesban) collection I. Morphological attributes and their taxonomic sifnificance — J.H. HEERING, S. NOKOE and JEMAL MOHAMMED

The classification of a Sesbania sesban (ssp. sesban) collection II. Agronomic attributes and their relation to biomass estimation — J.H. HEERING, S. NOKOE and JEMAL MOHAMMED

Pysllid population dynamics and plant resistance of Leucaena selections in Florida — M.T. AUSTIN, M.J. WILLIAMS, A.C. HAMMOND, J.H. FRANK and C.G. CHAMBLISS

Seasonal fodder consumption and liveweight changes of sedentary cattle in southern Mali — SUSAN J.L.E. LELOUP, L.'t MANNETJE AND C.B.H. MEURS

Evaluation of some physical properties of an oxisol after conversion of native savanna into legume-based or pure grass pastures — A.J. GIJSMAN and R.J. THOMAS

Effect of access to irrigated ryegrass on the milk yield and composition of autumn calving cows in a tropical upland environment — R.G. WALKER, R.T. COWAN, W.N. ORR and B.A. SILVER

Seed production of native hay clovers in the highlands of eastern Africa — L. SHADEYA-MAKUNDABWENI and S.K. NJUGUNA

Seed production by native and naturalised grasses in north-east Queensland: effects of stocking rate and season — J.G. McIVOR, V. SINGH, J.P. CORFIELD and R.J. JONES

Book Review

Soil Science and Sustainable Land Management in the Tropics

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

(b) Aeschynomene americana I. (American jointvetch) cv. Lee

Contributed Articles September 1996 (No. 3)

Paraguay — a potential source of new pasture legumes for the subtropics — J.B. HACKER, A. GLATZLE and R. VANNI

Relationship between yield, chemical composition and reported platability of browse in soutern Mali — SUSAN J.L.E LELOUP and L.'t MANNETJE

Stenotaphrum secundatum: a valuable forage species for shaded environments — B.F. MULLEN and H.M. SHELTON

Diversity in the tropical legume genus Teramnus — B.C. PENGELLY and D.A. EAGLES

Water melons (Citrullus vulgaris) as the main source of water for cattle in Central Tanzania — C.M. SHAYO, B. OGLE and P. UDÉN

Measuring yields of green leaf blade in pastures by visual estimation techniques — R.B. WAITE and J.D. KERR

Effect of seasonal soil moisture, nitrogen fetiliser and stocking rate on unsown species in a sown subtropical pasture — C.K. McDONALD, R.M. JONES and M.W. SILVEY

Fodder production from associations of leguminous shrubs and grasses on contour bunds in the highlands of Burundi — EKOW AKYEAMPONG and BEN H. DZOWELA

Yield response and profitability of Coastcross 2 Bernudagrass at different rainfall and fertitility levels — C.J.G. LE ROUX, J.S. SWART, E. OOSTHUYSEN, C. TRETHEWEY and C. PITTAWAY

The Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc. — our current status — C.K. McDONALD

The influence of applied nitrogen on the vigour of Lolium perenne during the establishment year under subtropical conditions — F.R. McKENZIE

Book Review

PRACTICAL FARMING — Farm Water Supplies, Planning and Installation

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

(a) Macroptilium atropurpureum I. (DC.) Urban (atro) cv. Aztec

Contributed Articles December 1996 (No. 4)

Productivity and persistence of irrigated lotus (Lotus pedunculatus) and white clover (Trifolium repens) in a kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) pasture — W.J. FULKERSON and K. SLACK

Effects of method sowing Stylosanthes on forage production of a Panicum-Stylosanthes mixture — I. EZENWA and M.E. AKEN'OVA

Effects of height and frequency of cutting on yield, quality and persistence of Desmanthus virgatus — W. TRUJILLO, W.D. PITMAN, C.G. CHAMBLISS and K. WILLIAMS

In vitro digestibility assessment of tropical shrub legumes using rumen fluid or faecal fluid as the inoculum source — R.J. JONES and P. BARNES

Effects of herbage and bush level on diet selection and nutrient intake of cattle in a Commiphora savanna — WILLIAM N. MNENE, JERRY W. STUTH and ROBERT K. LYONS

Selection of Chamaecrista rotundifolia by cattle — R.J. CLEMENTS, R.M. JONES, L.R. VALDES and G.A. BUNCH

Effect of planting method and soil texture on the growth and development of Arachis pintoi — ZDRAVKO BARUCH and MYLES J. FISHER

Persistence and yield of forage peanuts (Arachis spp.) on the New South Wales north coast — A.M. BOWMAN and G.P.M. WILSON

Growth and nitrogen nutrition of a Dichanthium aristatum pasture under shading — P. CRUZ

Research Note: Dry matter yields of Panicum and Brachiaria with nitrogen fertilisation or Pueraria in an oil palm plantation — I. EZENWA, OLUWATOYIN A. ARIBISALA and M.E. AKEN'OVA

Research Note: Dry matter production and chemical composition of introduced forages at two moist savanna sites in Ghana — P. BARNES

Research Note: Evaluation of introduced forage accessions for fodder production at a subhumid site in southern Ghana — P. BARNES and A. ADDO-KWAFO

Fertiliser responses of established grass pastures in the Northern Territory — A.G. CAMERON and B.J. ROSS

Book Review

Stylos for Better Beef

Author Index