Contributed Articles March 2008 (No. 1)

Evaluating temperate species in the subtropics. 2. Perennial grasses — K.F. LOWE, T.M. BOWDLER, N.D. CASEY, S.A. LOWE, J.A. WHITE and P.M. PEPPER

Characterisation of a collection of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) — M.A.B. JORGE, M. van de WOUW, J. HANSON and JEMAL MOHAMMED

Characterisation of a collection of perennial Panicum species — MARK van de WOUW, MARIA ALEXANDRA JORGE, JÜRGEN BIERWIRTH and JEAN HANSON

Diet quality, intake and growth performance of South African Mutton Merino sheep on Triticum × Secale and Lolium multiflorum pastures at different grazing pressures — W.A. van NIEKERK, ABUBEKER HASSEN and R.J. COERTZE

David Llewellyn Lloyd

Tropical Grasslands — Notes for Contributors

Sale of fresh forage — a new cash crop for smallholder farmers in Yasothon, Thailand — G. NAKAMANEE, W. SRISOMPORN, P. PHENGSAVANH, J. SAMSON and W. STÜR

Growth responses of three Brachiaria species to light intensity and nitrogen supply — O. GUENNI, S. SEITER and R. FIGUEROA

Interference potential of the perennial grasses Eragrostis curvula, Panicum maximum and Digitaria eriantha with Parthenium hysterophorus — M. van der LAAN, C.F. REINHARDT, R.G. BELZ, W.F. TRUTER, L.C. FOXCROFT and K. HURLE

Forage production and potential nutritive value of 24 shrubby Indigofera accessions under field conditions in South Africa — ABUBEKER HASSEN, N.F.G. RETHMAN, Z. APOSTOLIDES and W.A. van NIEKERK

Yield and nutritive value of herbaceous and browse forage legumes in the Borgou region of Benin — S. ADJOLOHOUN, A. BULDGEN, C. ADANDEDJAN, V. DECRUYENAERE and P. DARDENNE

Intake of tropical grass, legume and legume-grass mixtures by rabbits — G.T. IYEGHEERAKPOTOBOR and I. R. MUHAMMAD

Research note: Nutritive value of four accessions of Stylosanthes scabra in the derived savanna zone of Nigeria — J.A. AKINLADE, G.O. FARINU, O.O. AGBOOLA, A.A. AKINGBADE, O.O. OJEBIYI and O.A. ADERINOLA

Leendert ’t Mannetje

Leucaena — A guide to establishment and management

Tropical Forages — Selection of Forages for the Tropics ‘SoFT’

Development options in Heteropogon contortus grasslands in south-east Queensland: tree killing, legume oversowing and pasture replacement. 1. Pasture production and composition — J.C. TOTHILL, C.K. McDONALD, G.W. McHARG and J.N.G. HARGREAVES

Development options in Heteropogon contortus grasslands in south-east Queensland: tree killing, legume oversowing and pasture replacement. 2. Animal production — J.C. TOTHILL, C.K. McDONALD, G.W. McHARG and J.N.G. HARGREAVES

Grazing behaviour, diet selection and feed intake of cattle in a young tree plantation in southern Kyushu, Japan — M. HIRATA, N. HASEGAWA, T. TAKAHASHI, R. CHOWDAPPA, S. OGURA, K. NOGAMI and T. SONODA

Effect of foliar applications of trinexapac-ethyl plant growth regulator on seed yield in brachiaria hybrid cv. Mulato II and Paspalum atratum — M.D. HARE, A. LUNPHA and S. PHENGPHET

Research note: Inclusion of lablab in maize and sorghum silages improves sheep performance — N.T. NGONGONI, M. MWALE, C. MAPIYE, M.T. MOYO, H. HAMUDIKUWANDA and M. TITTERTON

Grazing management influences the dynamics of populations of Stylosanthes hippocampoides (Oxley fine stem stylo) — D.M. ORR

Sward structure and herbage quality, production and utilisation of adjacent monocultures of centipede grass and bahia grass grazed by cattle — M. HIRATA, M.A. ISLAM, E. HARADA, M. FURUYA and A. SAKOU

Herbage allowance effects on leaf photosynthesis and canopy light interception in palisade grass pastures under rotational stocking — G.J. BRAGA, C.G.S. PEDREIRA, V.R. HERLING, P.H.de C. LUZ and C.G. de LIMA

Effect of storage duration, storage room and bag type on seed germination of brachiaria hybrid cv. Mulato — M.D. HARE, P. TATSAPONG and S. PHENGPHET

Morphological characterisation of populations of Desmanthus virgatus complex from Argentina — J.M. ZABALA, J.F. PENSIERO, P.A. TOMAS and J.A. GIAVEDONI

Production and nutritive value of three grass species cultivated for ley pasture in the Borgou region of Benin — S. ADJOLOHOUN, A. BULDGEN, C. ADANDEDJAN, P. DARDENNE and V. DECRUYENAERE

Studies on sweet potato forage and dried brewers’ grains as supplements to green panic for Bunaji cows — I. ETELA, U.I. OJI, G.A. KALIO and G.O. TONA

John Compton Tothill

Fundamentals of Tropical Turf Management