Contributed Articles March 2000 (No. 1)

Growth and nitrogen fixation of Leucaena leucocephala and Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia in a saline soil of the Brazilian semi-arid region as affected by sulphur, gypsum and saline water — N.P STAMFORD, J.T. ARAÚJO FILHO and A.J.N. SILVA

Effects of nitrogen fertiliser rate and cutting height on leaf appearance and extension in bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) swards — M. HIRATA

Primary production and soil carbon dioxide emission in the semi-arid grazing lands of Madurai, India — MEENAKSHI SUNDARAVALLI and KAILASH PALIWAL

Sown pastures in subcoastal south-eastern Queensland: pasture composition, legume persistence and cattle liveweight gain over 10 years — R.M. JONES, C.K. McDONALD, R.J. CLEMENTS and G.A. BUNCH

Meringa cowpeas (Vigna unguiculata cv. Meringa) improve liveweight gain of cattle in late summer-early autumn in south-east Queensland — R.K. HOLZKNECHT, D.P POPPI and J.W. HALES

Botanical composition and nutritive value of forage consumed by sheep during the rainy season in a Sudano-guinean savanna (central Benin) — B. MICHIELS, S. BABATOUNDE, M. DAHOUDA, S.L.W. CHABI and A. BULDGEN

Effect of season and concentrate feeding on the eating behaviour of sheep grazing a mixed pasture of Panicum maximum var. C1 and Brachiaria ruziziensis — B. MICHIELS, S. BABATOUNDE, F. LIHOUNHINTO, S.L.W CHABI and A. BULDGEN

Awards of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc.

Book Review

Forage seed production Volume 2: Tropical and subtropical species

Obituary

Apology

Tropical Grasslands — Notes for Contributors

Contributed Articles June 2000 (No. 2)

Multilocational agronomic evaluation of selected Centrosema pubescens germplasm on acid soils — G. KELLER-GREIN, R. SCHULTZE-KRAFT, L.H. FRANCO and G. RAMIREZ

Measurements of nutritive value of a range of tropical legumes and their use in legume evaluation — R.M. JONES, H.G. BISHOP, R.L. CLEM, M.J. CONWAY, B.G. COOK, K. MOORE and B.C. PENGELLY

Relative responsiveness of some tropical pasture legumes to molybdenum — T.G. SCHWENKE and P.C. KERRIDGE

Research note: Relative persistence of a range of lespedeza (Kummerowia) accessions, Aeschynomene falcata cv. Bargoo, and other legumes in two long-term trials in southern Queensland — R. ROE and R.M. JONES

Associative effects of tree legumes and effect of cutting height on the yield and nutritive value of Panicum maximum cv. Guinea — THAKSHALA SERESINHE and K.K. PATHIRANA

The response of Panicum maximum to a simulated subcanopy environment. 1. Soil × shade interaction — P.A. DURR and J. RANGEL

A novel technique for measuring biomass loss in a diseased tussock grass — G. FARRELL, S.A. SIMONS and R.J. HILLOCKS

Germination and viability of mesquite (Prosopis pallida) seed following ingestion and excretion by feral pigs (Sus scrofa) — B.C. LYNES and S.D. CAMPBELL

Contributed Articles September and December 2000 (No.s 3 and 4)

Pastures for production and protection. Proceedings of the Sixth Tropical Pastures Conference

A Welcome from the President — C. MIDDLETON

Setting the scene

Tropical pastures — the future — J.M. HOPKINSON and C.P. MILLER

Soil fertility and animal productivity in the Nebo–Broadsound district of central Queensland — JON W. BURGESS and CLAIRE M. BARRETT

Minesite rehabilitation — MIKE GILBERT

Pastures on cropping soils

Which grass for where? — B.G. COOK and R.L. CLEM

Pastures on cropping soils: which tropical pasture legume to use? — B.C. PENGELLY and M.J. CONWAY

Managing long-term fertility of cropping lands with ley pastures in southern Queensland — E.J. WESTON, J.A. DOUGHTON, R.C. DALAL, W.M. STRONG, G.A. THOMAS, K.J. LEHANE, J.C. COOPER, A.J. KING and C.J. HOLMES

Grass, grass + legume or legume leys: a South African experience — NORMAN RETHMAN

Managing native pastures

Understanding grazing lands for better management: are we making any progress? — MICK QUIRK

Grasslands, grazing animals and people — how do they all fit together? — R.D.B. WHALLEY

Legumes in native pasture — asset or liability? A case history with stylo — A.D. NOBLE, D.M. ORR, C.H. MIDDLETON and L.G. ROGERS

Cell Grazing — the first 10 years in Australia — TERRY McCOSKER

Cell Grazing — a producer's perspective — ROBIN SPARKE

Change the management and what happens — a producer's perspective — SHANE JOYCE

Faecal NIRS — what does it offer today's grazier? — D.B. COATES

Mine revegetation

The nature and management of rehabilitated pastures on open-cut coal mines in central Queensland — ANDREW GRIGG, MAX SHELTON and BEN MULLEN

Approaches to biodiversity on rehabilitated minelands in South Africa — NORMAN RETHMAN

Effects of pasture cover on soil erosion and water quality on central Queensland coal mine rehabilitation — CHRIS CARROLL and ANDREW TUCKER

Weed management

Weeds in pasture ecosystems — symptom or disease? — A.C. GRICE and S.D. CAMPBELL

Weed biology — a foundation for weed management — S.D. CAMPBELL and A.C. GRICE

Options for effective weed management — J.S. VITELLI

Poster Abstracts

Book Review

Forage evaluation in ruminant nutrition

Author Index