Contributed Articles March 1998 (No. 1)

Nutrient limitations of clay soils for Desmanthus virgatus. I. What is the cause of chlorosis in field-grown desmanthus on a black earth soil? — N.J. BRANDON and R.A. DATE

Nutrient limitations of clay soils for Desmanthus virgatus. II. A glasshouse study of 7 soils — P.R. SPIES, N.J. BRANDON, R.A. DATE, L.M. BAHNISCH and D. GEORGE

Growth responses of Desmanthus virgatus to inoculation with Rhizobium strain CB3126. I. A pot trial with 8 clay soils from central and southern Queensland — G.A. BAHNISCH, R.A. DATE, N.J. BRANDON and P. PITTAWAY

Growth responses of Desmanthus virgatus to inoculation with Rhizobium strain CB3126. II. A field trial at 4 sites in south-east Queensland — N.J. BRANDON, R.A. DATE, R.L. CLEM, B.A. ROBERTSON and T.W.G. GRAHAM

Survival of rhizobia on seed of Desmanthus virgatus stored at different temperatures — AGUSTIN C. BECERRA STEIFEL, R.A. DATE and N.J. BRANDON

The effect of band-seedling legumes into para grass (Brachiaria mutica) on pasture production, sustainability and animal productivity in Vanuatu — B.F. MULLEN and D.C. MacFARLANE

Growth and spread of Digitaria erianthia cv. Premier and Urochloa mosamicensis cv. Nixon oversown into native speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) pasture in south-east Queensland — C.K. McDONALD, R.M. JONES and J.C. TOTHILL

Elevated biomass production in burned natural grasslands in southern India — K. SENTHILKUMAR, S. MANIAN, K. UDAIYAN and S. PAULSAMY

Soil and sward characteristics of patches and non-patches in the Highland Sourveld of South Africa — B.U. LUTGE, M.B. HARDY and G.P. HATCH

Awards of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc.

Book Review

The biology of grasses

Ecophysiology of tropical intercropping

Managing Mitchell Grass — A grazier's guide

Notes for Contributors

Contributed Articles June 1998 (No. 2)

The effect of sowing depth and duration of watering on emergence of tropical legumes in clay soil in growth cabinets — N.J. BRANDON and R.M. JONES

Effect of dolomite and sowing rate on plant density, yield and nutritive value of Paspalum atratum — R.S. KALMBACHER, J.E. RECHCIGL, F.G. MARTIN and A.E. KRETSCHMER, Jr

Compatibility, persistence and productivity of grass-legume mixtures in the humid tropics of Costa Rica. 1. Dry matter yield, nitrogen yield and botanical composition — M.A. IBRAHIM and L. 't MANNETJE

The performance and nutritive value of Leucaena in a unimodal rainfall environment in western Tanzania — M. KARACHI

Specificity of rhizobial strains for effective N₂ fixation in the genus Leucaena — B.F. MULLEN, V.E. FRANK and R.A. DATE

Alfalfa mosaic virus: occurrence and variation among isolates from forage legumes in Ethiopia — A.M. MIH and J. HANSON

Off-types indicate natural outcrossing in five tropical forage legumes in Colombia — BRIGITTE L. MAASS and ALBA M. TORRES

Performance of mixtures of selected grasses and adapted herbaceous legumes in south-west Nigeria — I. EZENWA and M.E. AKEN'OVA

The effects of green manuring and chemical fertiliser application on maize yield, quality and soil composition — Y. SHEHU, W.S. ALHASSAN, G.W.K. MENSAH, A. ALIYU and C.J.C. PHILLIPS

Letter to the Editor

Contributed Articles September 1998 (No. 3)

Persistence and productivity of eight accessions of Desmanthus virgatus under a range of grazing pressures in subtropical Queensland — R.M. JONES and N.J. BRANDON

Ecological and agronomic studies on Chamaecrista rotundifolia cv. Wynn related to modelling of persistence — R.M. JONES, G.A. BUNCH and C.K. McDONALD

Stockpiling herbaceous tropical legumes for dry season feed in Jamaica — I.F. ANDRADE, L.G. ATKINSON, L.E. SOLLENBERGER, G.J. RUEGSEGGER, P. MISLEVY and R.S. KALMBACHER

Seed production and germination in vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanioides) — S.S. PARIHAR, B. MAL, V. SHANKAR and A. KAK

Influence of pasture condition on plant selection patterns by cattle: its implications for vegetation change in a monsoon tallgrass ranglend — A.J. ASH and J.P. CORFIELD

The performance of Boer goats browsing Leucaena leucocephala in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa — C.D. MORRIS and L.P. DU TOIT

Recovery of seed of four African browse shrubs ingested by cattle, sheep and goats and the effect of ingestion, hot water and acid treatment on the viability of the seeds — C.M. SHAYO and P. UDEN

Yield and nutritive value of vetch (Vicia sativa) — barley (Hordeum vulgare) forage under different harvesting regimens — M.R. AL-MASRI

Book Review

Gaseous Nitrogen Emissions from Grasslands

Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Natural and Agricultural Ecosystems

Contributed Articles December 1998 (No. 4)

Influence of planting four tree species on the yield and soil water status of green panic pasture in subhumid south-east Queensland — J.R. WILSON

Adoption of planted forages by smallholder dairy farmers in coastal lowland Kenya — J.G. MUREITHI, M.N. NJUNIE, R.W. MUINGA, R. ALI, W. THORPE and C.D. MWATATE

Effect of date of closing cut on seed yield and its components of Andropogon gayanus cv. Kent — N.R. GOBIUS, C. PHAIKAEW, P. PHOLSEN, O. RODCOMPOO and W. SUSENA

Drought resistance by six Senegalese local strains of Andropogon gayanus var. bisquamulatus through osmoregulation — P. GEERTS, A. BULDGEN, T. DIALLO and A. DIENG

Sward evaluation of eleven "Stylosanthes seabrana" accessions and S. scabra cv. Seca at five subtropical sites — L.A. EDYE, T.J. HALL, R.L. CLEM, T.W.G. GRAHAM, W.B. MESSER and R.H. REBGETZ

Evaluation of perennial peanuts (Arachis spp.) as forage on the New South Wales north coast — A.W. BOWMAN, G.P.M. WILSON and B.J. GOGEL

Control of currant bush (Carissa ovata) in developed brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) country — P.V. BACK

Utilising temperate and tropical pastures and compensatory growth during winter to maximise growth in cattle — R.G. WARREN, D.P. POPPI, J.W. HALES and S.R. McLENNAN

The effect of rumen fluid storage time on digestive capacity with five forage/browse samples — R.J. JONES, M.A. STOLTZ, J.H.F. MEYER and F.M. BECHAZ