Contributed Articles March 1997 (No. 1)

An evaluation of kikuyu-clover pastures as a dairy production system. 1. Pasture and diet — T.M. DAVISON, P.J. FRAMPTON, M.N. ORR, B.A. SILVER, P. MARTIN and B. McLACHLAN

An evaluation of kikuyu-clover pastures as a dairy production system. 2. Milk production and system comparisons — T.M. DAVISON, P.J. FRAMPTON, M.N. ORR, B.A. SILVER and D. WILLIAMS

The influence of grazing management on weed invasion of Lolium perenne pastures under subtropical conditions in South Africa — F.R. McKENZIE

Performance of shrubs legumes at four sites in Indonesia and Australia — R.A. BRAY, B. PALMER and T.M. IBRAHIM

Early growth and native nodulation of leguminous shrub and tree species in Brazil — ELIZABETH A. VEASEY, ODETE M.A.A. GHISI, MARIA JOSÉ VALARINI, IVANI P. OTSUK, MÁRCIA A. CARDELLI, MARIA JOSEFA F. SANCHEZ and DARCY A. BEISMAN

Dry matter yield, P response and nutritive value of selected accessions of Chamaecytisus palmensis (tagasaste) and Teline monspessulana (Montpellier broom) in the Ethiopian highlands — KAHSAY BERHE and J.C. TOTHILL

Performance of cattle grazing pastures based on Paspalum atratum cv. Suerte — R.S. KALMBACHER, F.G. MARTIN and A.E. KRETSCHMER, Jr

The recovery of Nixon Sabi grass pastures following severe drought — D.B. COATES

Awards of the Tropical Grasslands Society of Australia Inc

Notes for Contributors

Contributed Articles June 1997 (No. 2)

Harry Stobbs Memorial Lecture, 1994. Potential and prospects of legume-based pastures in the tropics — L. 't MANNETJE

Evaluation of tropical legumes on clay soils at four sites in southern inland Queensland — R.M. JONES and M.C. REES

Response of Lablab purpureus cv. Highworth, Macroptilium bracteatum and Macrotyloma daltonii to different intensities and frequencies of cutting — S.A. DALZELL, N.J. BRANDON and R.M. JONES

Cytological and reproductive behaviour of Paspalum atratum, a promising forage grass for the tropics — C.L. QUARÍN, J.F.M. VALLS and M.H. URBANI

Production, water use efficiency and quality of four cultivars of Panicum maximum at different levels of nitrogen fertilisation — P.A. PIETERSE, N.F.G. RETHMAN and J. VAN BOSCH

Comparison of water melon (Citrullus vulgaris) — seed meal, Acacia tortilis pods and sunflower-seed cake supplements in central Tanzania. 1. Nutritive value and influence on the rumen environment — C.M. SHAYO, B. OGLE and P. UDEN

Comparison of water melon (Citrullus vulgaris) — seed meal, Acacia tortilis pods and sunflower-seed cake supplements in central Tanzania. 2. Effect on hay intake and milk yield and composition of Mpwapwa cows — C.M. SHAYO, B. OGLE and P. UDEN

An evaluation of kikuyu-clover pastures as a dairy production system. 3. Dynamics of pasture composition and diet selection — T.M. DAVISON and A.T. LISLE

Restoration of soil fertility of degraded vertisols using a pasture including a native grass (Astrebla lappacea) — K.Y. CHAN, A.M. BOWMAN and J.J. FRIEND

Book Review

The Evolving Science of Grassland Improvement

Tropical Legumes in Animal Nutrition

Contributed Articles September 1997 (No. 3)

A review of information on the effects of fire in relaltion to the management of rangelands in the Kimberley high-rainfall zone — A.B. CRAIG

Growth, psyllid resistance and forage quality of Leucaena leucocephala, L. pallida, L. diversifolia and the F1 hybrid of L. leucocephala × L. pallida — A.C. CASTILLO, O.C. CUYUGAN, S. FOGARTY and H.M. SHELTON

Dry season performance of four tropical pasture legumes in subhumid west Africa as influenced by superphosphate application and weed control — M. PETERS, S.A. TARAWALI and J. ALKÄMPER

Growth and nutritive value of Lablab purpureus accessions in semi-arid Kenya — M. KARACHI

Influence of grazing frequency and intensity on the density and persistence of Lolium perenne tillers under subtropical conditions — F.R. McKENZIE

The effect of intercropping maize with Stylosanthes hamata at different row spacings on grain and fodder yields and chemical composition — Y. SHEHU, W.S. ALHASSAN and C.J.C. PHILLIPS

Response of Chloris gayana cultivars to salinity. 1. Germination and early vegetative growth — E. TALEISNIK, G. PEYRANO and C. ARIAS

Contributed Articles October 1997 (No. 4)

Introduction — J.B. HACKER

Workshop participants and their affiliations

Priorities and activities of the Australian Tropical Forages Genetic Resource Centre — J.B. HACKER

Forage genetic resources — their national and international importance — R. REID

Priorities of beef producers in northern Australia for new forage cultivars — P. EMMERY

Sown pasture priorities for the subtropical and torpical Beef Industry — B. WALKER, JOCELYN BAKER, MARION BECKER, R. BRUNCKHORST, D. HEATLEY, J. SIMMS, D.S. SKERMAN and S. WALSH

Priorities for new ley legumes for the tropical and subtropical Grains Industries — J. SYKES

Priorities for forages for the subtropical Dairy Industry — W.J. FULKERSON

Priorities for revegetating landscapes disturbed by mining and other activities — P.A. ROE

ACIAR's priorities for forage research in some developing countries — R.J. CLEMENTS, I.R. WILLETT, J.S. DAVIES and R.A. FISCHER

Opportunities for overseas R & D in improving forages through AusAID — M.OTTER

The Seed Industry view on opportunities for new forage cultivars — P. SMITH

Genetic resources research — A perspective from the Root-nodule Bacteria Industry — D.J. PULSFORD and G.K. BULLARD

The role of native grasses and legumes for land revegetation in central and eastern Australia with particular reference to low rainfall areas — C.M. WATERS, D.S. LOCH and P.W. JOHNSTON

Opportunities for contributing to the development of Aboriginal food plants — B. STYNES

The role of genetic resources in developing improved pastures in semi-arid and subhumid northern Australia — R.M. JONES and R.L. CLEM

The role of genetic resources in developing improved pastures in the humid zone of northern Australia — B.G. COOK

Opportunities for breeding improved forages and the need for a genetic resource — D.F. CAMERON

Responsible use of exotic tropical pasture cultivars — an ecological framework — J.G. McIVOR and S. McINTYRE

Tropical pasture plants as weeds — T. LOW

Opportunties for the development of new tropical forage cultivars — B.C. PENGELLY and I.B. STAPLES

The contribution of R & D on root-nodule bacteria to future cultivars of tropical forage legumes — R.A. DATE

The use of genetic markers to improve seed and RNB collection and genetic conservation — C.J. LIU and R.A. DATE

Current and future opportunities for introduced forages in smallholder farming systems of south-east Asia — P.M. HORNE and W.W. STÜR

Opportunities for landscape stabilisation and revegetating disturbed lands in stressful environments with exotic or native forages — B.P. NAIDU and M.R. HARWOOD

Conclusions from the workshop: Forage Genetic Resources: Meeting the Requirements of Industry — J.B. HACKER, R.A. DATE and B.C. PENGELLY

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

Digitaria milanjiana cv. Arnhem

Centrosema brasilianum cv. Oolloo

Trifolium subterraneum cv. Riverina

Stylosanthes hamata cv. Amiga

Contributed Articles November 1997 (No. 5)

International research and development on Stylosanthes

Acknowledgements

Biodiversity, epidemiology and virulence of Collectotrichum gloeosporioides

I.Genetic and pathogenic diversity in Collectotrichum gloeosporioides isolates fromStylosanthes guianensis — S. KELEMU, J.L. BADEL, C.X. MORENO, J.W. MILES, S. CHAKRABORTY, C.D. FERNANDES and M.J. D'A. CHARCHAR

II.Genetic and pathogenic diversity in isolates of Collectotrichum gloeosporioidesfrom eight species of Stylosanthes — S. CHAKRABORTY, R. PERROTT, M.J. D'A CHARCHAR, C.D. FERNANDES and S. KELEMU

III.Field evaluation of Stylosanthes species for anthracnose resistance in their centreof diversity — D.F. CAMERON, M.J. D'A. CHARCHAR, C.D. FERNANDES, S.KELEMU and S. CHAKRABORTY

IV.Epidemiology of Stylosanthes anthracnose at the centre of host-pathogen diversity— S. CHAKRABORTY, C.D. FERNANDES, M.J. D'A CHARCHAR, S. KELEMUand D.F. CAMERON

Recent advances in studies of anthracnose of Stylosanthes

I.The biogeography of Stylosanthes hamata, S. scabra and "Stylosanthesseabrana" — L.A EDYE and BRIGITTE L. MAASS

II.Approaches to breeding for anthracnose resistence in Styosanthes in Australia —D.F. CAMERON, R.M. TREVORROW and C.J. LIU

III.Stylosanthes breeding approaches in South America — J.W. MILES and B. GROF

IV.Molecular approaches to studies of Collectotrichum gloeosporioides causinganthracnose of Stylosanthes in Australia — J.M MANNERS and C. HE

V.Advances in research on Stylosanthes anthracnose epidemiology in Australia —S. CHAKRABORTY

Status of Stylosanthes development in other countries

I.Stylosanthes development and utilisation in South America — J.W. MILES andC.E. LASCANO

II.Stylosanthes development and utlisation in China and south-east Asia — L.GUODAO, C. PHAIKAEW and W.W. STÜR

III.Stylosanthes development and utlisation in India — C.R. RAMESH, BHAG MAL, C.R. HAZRA, D.H. SUKANYA, V. RAMAMURTHY and S. CHAKRABORTY

IV.Stylosanthes as a component of the forage research network in India — C.R. HAZRA

Stability and productivity of Stylosanthes pastures in Australia

I.Long-term botanical changes and their implications in grazed Stylosanthespastures — R.J. JONES, J.G. McIVOR, C.H. MIDDLETON, W.H. BURROWS, D.M. ORR and D.B. COATES

II.Animal production from Stylosanthes pastures — D.B. COATES, C.P. MILLER,R.E. HENDRICKSEN and R.J. JONES

Commercial development of Stylosanthes pastures in northern Australia

I.Cultivar development within Stylosanthes in Australia — L.A. EDYE

II.Stylosanthes in the northern Australian Beef Industry — C.P. MILLER, J.P.RAINS, K.A. SHAW and C.H. MIDDLETON

Grazier experience with Stylosanthes technology

I.The use and significance of Stylosanthes on Wycheproof — TOM CHAPMAN

II.More than a way of life — RODNEY BARRETT

III.Wrotham Park, 1963–1988 — GORDON ARNOLD

List of Participants

Book Review

Fire in the Management of Northern Australian Pastoral Lands

Contributed Articles December 1997 (No. 6)

Biological nitrogen fixation in Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala and transfer of fixed nitrogen to an associated grass — H.P.S. JAYASUNDARA, M.D. DENNETT and U.R. SANGAKKARA

Effects of inoculation with Bradyrhizobium and urea application on nitrogen fixation and growth of yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus) as affected by phosphorus fertilisers in an acid soil — G.N. CRUZ, N.P. STAMFORD, J.A.A. SILVA and M. CHAMBERPEREZ

Effect of age of cutting on the productivity and forage quality of fourteen Sesbania accessions in western Tanzania — M. KARACHI and Z. MATATA

Promising tropical grasses and legumes as feed resources in central Tanzania. I. Effect of different cutting patterns on production and nutritive value of six grasses and six legumes — R.N. MERO and P. UDÉN

Dry and wet season performance of selected herbaceous legumes in Uganda — P. LUSEMBO, C. EBONG, E.N. SABIITI, MOHAMED-SALEEM, ABATE TEDLA and J. NDIKUMANA

The grazing capacity of natural grasslands in the Western Province of Zambia — R.M.T. BAARS and K.W. JEANES

Technical Note: Range condition in high cattle density areas in the Western Province of Zambia — R.M.T. BAARS, E.C. CHILESHE and D.M. KALOKONI

Potential herblayer production and grazing effects in anthropogenic savanna-grasslands in the moist tropical forests of the Western Ghats of India — SHARACHCHANDRA LÉLÉ and GURUPADA T. HEGDE

The economics of improved pasture and silvipastoral technologies in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica — H.G.P. JANSEN, M.A. IBRAHIM, A. NIEUWENHUYSE, L. 't MANNETJE, M. JOENJE and S. ABARCA

Uses, yield and nutritive value of mulberry (Morus alba) trees for ruminants in the semi-arid areas of central Tanzania — C.M. SHAYO

Software Review

FEEDMAN A feed-to-dollars beef management package

Author Index