Contributed Articles March 2004 (No. 1)

Germination and hardseededness in desmanthus — J.M. HOPKINSON and B.H. ENGLISH

Dynamics of plant populations in Heteropogon contortus (black speargrass) pastures on a granite landscape in southern Queensland. 1. Dynamics of H. contortus populations — D.M. ORR, C.J. PATON and D.J. REID

Dynamics of plant populations in Heteropogon contortus (black speargrass) pastures on a granite landscape in southern Queensland. 2. Seed production and soil seed banks of H. contortus — D.M. ORR, C.J. PATON and C. PLAYFORD

Steer gains on Verano-dominant improved pastures in north Queensland compared with those at Katherine, Northern Territory — is there a deficiency of nitrogen at Katherine? — R.J. JONES

Net primary productivity and rainfall use efficiency of pastures on reconstructed land following open-cut coal mining in central Queensland, Australia — S.A. BISRAT, B.F. MULLEN, A.H. GRIGG and H.M. SHELTON

Variation in native cowpea for forage production in semi-arid Botswana — M. KARACHI and B.M. LEFOFE

Notes for Contributors

Contributed Articles June 2004 (No. 2)

Dynamics of plant populations in Heteropogon contortus (black speargrass) pastures on a granite landscape in southern Queensland. 3. Dynamics of Aristida spp. populations — D.M. ORR, C.J. PATON and C. PLAYFORD

Dynamics of plant populations in Heteropogon contortus (black speargrass) pastures on a granite landscape in southern Queensland. 4. The effects of burning on H. contortus and Aristida spp. populations — D.M. ORR

Variation in quality and performance of stored seed of green panic (Panicum maximum) attributable to the events of the harvest period — J.M. HOPKINSON and B.H. ENGLISH

Tiller dynamics in bahia grass (Paspalum notatum): an analysis of responses to nitrogen fertiliser rate, defoliation intensity and season — M. HIRATA and W. PAKIDING

Extent of dense native woodland and exotic weed infestation in the extensive grazing lands of the Upper Herbert and Upper Burdekin River Catchments of far north Queensland: results of a producer survey — K.A. SHAW and J.C. KERNOT

Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of west Africa — J.A. OLANITE, S.A. TARAWALI and M.E. AKEN’OVA

Contributed Articles September 2004 (No. 3)

Pasture management in semi-arid tropical woodlands: levels of germinable seeds in soil and faeces of cattle grazing Stylosanthes pastures — JOHN G. McIVOR

The economic performance of steers grazing black speargrass pastures oversown with legumes in south Queensland, Australia — N.D. MACLEOD and S.J. COOK

Effect of pre-planting seed treatment on dormancy breaking and germination of Indigofera accessions — ABUBEKER HASSEN, P.A. PIETERSE and N.F.G. RETHMAN

Effect of cutting frequency on productivity of five selected herbaceous legumes and five grasses in semi-arid tropical Kenya — D.M.G. NJARUI and F.P. WANDERA

Inter-row planting of legumes to improve the crude protein concentration in Paspalum atratum cv. Ubon pastures in north-east Thailand — M.D. HARE, I.E. GRUBEN, P. TATSAPONG, A. LUNPHA, M. SAENGKHAM and K. WONGPICHET

Yield and quality of Digitaria eriantha and Eragrostis curvula with nitrogen fertilisation in Argentina — A.O. GARGANO and M.A. ADÚRIZ

Response of lablab varieties to farmyard manure in the northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria — J.T. AMODU, I.A. ADEYINKA and C.A.M. LAKPIN

Book Review

Grasslands Techniques and Management

Contributed Articles December 2004 (No. 4)

Grazing buffalo on flooded pastures in the Brazilian Amazon region: a review — A.P. CAMARAO, J.B. LOURENCO JR, S. DUTRA, J-L. HORNICK and M. BASTOS DA SILVA

The effect of seedbed treatment, cutting frequency and selective grass defoliation on the production and botanical composition of experimental swards of Urochloa mosambicensis and Bothriochloa pertusa mixed with Stylosanthes — F.D. HU and R.J. JONES

Effect of plant spacing, cutting and nitrogen on establishment and production of Digitaria milanjiana cv. Jarra in north-east Thailand — M.D. HARE, P. TATSAPONG, A. LUNPHA and K. WONGPICHET

Waterlogging tolerance of some tropical pasture grasses — M.D. HARE, M. SAENGKHAM, P. TATSAPONG, K. WONGPICHET and S. TUDSRI

Harvesting management options for legumes intercropped in napier grass in the central highlands of Kenya — D.M. MWANGI, G. CADISCH, W. THORPE and K.E. GILLER

Estimation of genetic variation in Dichanthium annulatum genotypes by the RAPD technique — A. CHANDRA, R. SAXENA, A.K. ROY and P.S. PATHAK

Research note: Effect of scarification and growing medium on seed germination of Desmanthus bicornotus — EDGAR MEDINA-SÁNCHEZ and ROBERTO LINDIGCISNEROS

Author index