Contributed Articles March 2001 (No. 1)

Leucaena for weaned cattle in south Florida — R.S. KALMBACHER, A.C. HAMMOND, F.G. MARTIN, F.M. PATE and M.J. ALLISON

Maximising seed yield and seed quality of Paspalum atratum through choice of harvest method — C. PHAIKAEW, P. PHOLSEN, S. TUDSRI, E. TSUZUKI, H. NUMAGUCHI and Y. ISHII

Method and time of establishing Paspalum atratum seed crops in Thailand — M.D. HARE, C. KAEWKUNYA, P. TATSAPONG, K. WONGPICHET, K. THUMMASAENG and W. SURIYAJANTRATONG

Seed yield and its components of Brachiara decumbens cv. Basilisk, Digitaria milanjiana cv. Jarra and Andropogon gayanus cv. Kent in north-east Thailand under different rates of nitrogen application — N.R. GOBIUS, C. PHAIKAEW, P. PHOLSEN, O. RODCHOMPOO and W. SUSENA

Competition in pots between two tropical legumes (Stylosanthes hamata and S. scabra) and two tropical grasses (Urochloa mosambicensis and Bothriochloa pertusa) at two phosphorus fertiliser levels — F.D. HU and R.J. JONES

Research Note: Production and nutritive value of grasses cultivated in the coastal area of Benin — A. BULDGEN, B. MICHIELS, S. ADJOLOHOUN, S. BABATOUNDE and C. ADANDEDJAN

Research Note: The performance of forage germplasm in a screening trial at Shika, Nigeria — A.T. OMOKANYE, O.S. ONIFADE, J.T. AMODU and M.S. KALLAH

Research note: Forage yield and chemical composition of centro (Centrosema pubescens) in the year of establishment at Shika, Nigeria — A.T. OMOKANYE

Awards of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc.

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

(b) Aeschynomene villosa Poir. (villose jointvech) cvv. Reid and Kretschmer

Notes for Contributors

Contributed Articles June 2001 (No. 2)

Factors affecting the nutritive value of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) — a review — J.P. MARAIS

Evaluation of legumes and grasses in coastal south-east Queensland — R.M. JONES

Selecting Chamaecrista spp. for soil stabilisation and forage in southern China — J.B. HACKER, WEN SHILIN, YING ZHAOYANG and B.C. PENGELLY

Leaf appearance, death and detachment in a bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) pasture under cattle grazing — W. PAKIDING and M. HIRATA

Research note: Intensive fodder gardens for improving forage availability for smallholder dairy production in Hai district, Tanzania — E.J. MTENGETI, N.A. URIO and G.D. MLAY

Book Review

Climate Change ande Global Crop Productivity

Contributed Articles September 2001 (No. 3)

Effects of plant spacing and sowing time on seed yield and seed quality of Paspalum atratum in Thailand — C. PHAIKAEW, C. KHEMSAWAT, S. TUDSRI, Y. ISHII, H. NUMAGUCHI and E. TSUZUKI

Juvenitlity and long-short day requirement in relation to flowering of Paspalum atratum in Thailand — M.D. HARE, K. WONGPICHET, M. SAENGKHAM, K. THUMMASAENG and W. SURIYAJANTRATONG

Effect of cutting on yield and quality of Paspalum atratum in Thailand — M.D. HARE, M. SAENGKHAM, C. KAEWKUNYA, S. TUDSRI, W. SURIYAJANTRATONG, K. THUMMASAENG and K. WONGPICHET

Tiller dynamics in a bahia grass (Paspalum notatum) pasture under cattle grazing — M. HIRATA and W. PAKIDING

Forage yield and nutritive value of Eragrostis curvula and Digitaria eriantha in central-south semi-arid Argentina — A.O. GARGANO, M.A. ADURIZ, H.M. ARELOVICH and M.I. AMELA

Yield and nutritive value of tropical forage legumes grown in semi-arid parts of Zimbabwe — R.M. JINGURA, S. SIBANDA and H. HAMUDIKUWANDA

The effect of harvesting at different growth stages on yield and quality of three late-maturing pearl millet accessions in northern Nigeria — J.T. AMODU, M.S. KALLAH, O.S. ONIFADE, A.T. OMOKANYE and I.A. ADEYINKA

Yield and chemical composition responses of Lablab purpureus to nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilisers — Y. SHEHU, W.S. ALHASSAN, U.R. PAL and C.J.C. PHILLIPS

Liveweight gains of steers at different stocking rates on monospecific Gatton panic and Estrella grass pastures in the Chaco Central region of Paraguay — A.J.N. CABRERA, D. STOSIEK, A. GLATZLE, H.M. SHELTON and R. SCHULTZE-KRAFT

Contributed Articles December 2001 (No. 4)

Sward structure and patterns of defoliation of signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens) pastures under different cattle grazing intensities — J. BUSQUE and M. HERRERO

Selecting buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) with improved spring yield in subtropical Australia — J.B. HACKER and R.B. WAITE

The breeding system of three Paspalum species with forage potential — F. ESPINOZA, M.H. URBANI, E.J. MARTÍNEZ and C.L. QUARÍN

Patterns of seedling emergence over 5 years from seed of 38 species placed on the soil surface under shade and full sunlight in the seasonally dry tropics — THE LATE C.J. GARDENER, L.V. WHITEMAN and R.M. JONES

Growth and persistence of 17 annual medic (Medicago spp.) accessions on clay soils in central Queensland — M.J. CONWAY, N.J. BRANDON, R.L. CLEM, R.M. JONES, B.A. ROBERTSON and J.R. WILLCOCKS

Relay seeding forage species in rice systems in Bhutan — W. RODER, P. WANGCHUK, S. THSERING and T. GYELTSEN

The response of Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano to applications of sodium and chloride — K. BETTERIDGE and R.J. JONES

Effect of pasture production systems on milk production in the central plains of Thailand — S. TUDSRI, S. PRASANPANICH, S. SAWADIPANICH, P. JARIPAKORN and S. ISWILANONS

Book Review

Insect Pests in Tropical Forestry

Field and Laboratory Methods fro Grassland and Animal Production Research

Author Index