Contributed Articles March 1993 (No. 1)

A comparison of establishment and growth in two Stylosanthes species with eight grass species sown on cultivated seedbeds at three sites in the semi-arid tropics of the Northern Territory — T.G.H. STOCKWELL

Persistence of Arachis pintoi cv. Amarillo in three soil types at Samford, south-eastern Queensland — R.M. JONES

Origin, evaluation and use of Macrotyloma as forage — a review — M.J. BLUMENTHAL and I.B. STAPLES

Yield and quality of Gliricidia sepium accessions at two sites in the tropics — R.A. BRAY, TATANG IBRAHIM, B. PALMER and A.C. SCHLINK

Effect of cutting height and fequency on the above-ground biomass in a central Himalayan grassland in India — R.C. SUNDRIYAL, E. SHARMA and S.S. NEGI

The effects of winter conditions on the nutritive value of Lotus pedunculatus cv. Grasslands Maku and Trifolium repens cv. Haifa — KARIN N. SCHILLER and J.F. AYRES

Sulphur responses by legumes on soils derived from granodiorite in south-east Queensland — I.J. PARTRIDGE and J.W. WRIGHT

Book Review

Dryland Farming — a systems approach

Plant resources of south-east Asia 4 Forages

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

Digitaria milanjiana cv. Jarra

Danthonia richardsonii cv. Taranna

Danthonia linkii cv. Bunderra

Notes for Contributors

Contributed Articles June 1993 (No. 2)

Population dynamics of Sirato and shrubby stylo in south-east Queensland as affected by phosphorus, soil type, stocking rate and rainfall — R.M. JONES, P.C. KERRIDGE and R.W. McLEAN

Response of Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano and native pastures to fertilisers on two light-textured soils in north-west Queensland — T.J. HALL

Dynamics pf perennial grasses with sheep grazing in Acacia aneura woodlands in south-west Queensland — D.M. ORR, C.J. EVENSON, J.K. LEHANE, P.S. BOWLY and D.C. COWAN

Response of Desmanthus to clipping on a phosphatic clay mine-spoil — M.B. ADJEI and W.D. PITMAN

Regeneration and survival of Desmanthus virgatus 78382 in grazed and ungrazed pastures — D.M. BURROWS and F.J. PORTER

Effects of growth stage and sward structure of Macroptilium lathyroides and M. atropurpureum on selective grazing and bite size in goats — Y. NAKANISHI, K. TSURU, T. BUNGO, M. SHIMOJO, Y. MASUDA and I. GOTO

Simulation of salt leaching in grazed grassland soils using bromide as a tracer — RAÚL S. LAVADO, ALICIA F. DE IORIO, ALICIA RENDINA and ALEJANDRA IRIARTE

Successional pattern of mycoflora associated with litter degradation in a Cymbopogon caesius-dominated tropical grassland — K. SENTHILKUMAR, K. UDAIYAN and S. MANIAN

Book Review

An Introduction to the Grasses

Contributed Articles September 1993 (No. 3)

Northern dairy feedbase 2001. Proceedings of a DRDC workshop held at Cedar Lake, Nerang March 29–31, 1993.

 1. Summer pasture and crops — D.J. MINSON, T. COWAN and E. HAVILAH

 2. Summer feeding systems — R.T. COWAN, R.J. MOSS and D.V. KERR

 3. Winter pastures and crops — W.J. FULKERSON, K.J. LOWE, J.F. AYRESand T. LAUNDERS

 4. Feeding systems during winter and srping — A.G. KAISER, E.J. HAVILAH,G.D. CHOPPING and R.G. WALKER

 5. Integrated dairy farming systems for northern Australia — A. ASHWOOD, D.KERR, R. CHATAWAY and T. COWAN

Response of lactating cows to grain-based concentrates in northern Australia — T.M. DAVISON and R. ELLIOTT

Rearing heifers in the subtropics and tropics: nutrient requirements and supplementation — R.J. MOSS

Book Review

Weeping Lovegrass. Its Biology and Management

Grazing the North: Creating wealth and sustaining the land

CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

Medicago truncatula Gaertn. (barrel medic) cv. Mogul

Medicago truncatula Gaertn. (barrel medic) cv. Caliph

Contributed Articles December 1993 (No. 4)

Tropical pasture establishment. Proceedings of a workshop held at Brian Pastures Research Station, Gayndah, Queensland in June 1992.

 1. A systems perspective of establishment illustrated by legume oversowing inthe sub-tropics — D. GRAMSHAW, G.M. McKEON and R.L. CLEM

 2. Seed characteristics and field establishment — J.M. HOPKINSON

 3. Impact of plant competition on seedling growth and survival — S.J. COOK,M.A. GILBERT and H.M. SHELTON

 4. Population dynamics of sown species in developing pastures — J.G. McIVOR,R.M. JONES and J.A. TAYLOR

 5. Improved handling of chaffy grass seeds: options, opportunities and value —D.S. LOCH

 6. Treatment of Seca stylo seed to reduce hard seed content — J.M.HOPKINSON and C.J. PATON

 7. Sowing methods for pasture establishment in northern Australia — S.J.COOK, R.L. CLEM, N.D. MacLEOD and P.A. WALSH

 8. Management of establishing pastures — C.P. MILLER, J.A. TAYLOR andM.F. QUIRK

 9. Establishing new pastures in difficult tropical environments — do we expecttoo much? — R.G. SILCOCK and P.W. JOHNSTON

10. Satisfying industry's pasture seed requirements — J.P. RAINS, J.M.HOPKINSON and S.P. TREGEA

11. Producer extablishment practices and experiences in north Queensland —K.A. SHAW and I.W. TINCKNELL

12. Producer establishment practices and experiences in central Queensland —R.L. CLEM, J.H. WILDIN and P.H. LARSEN

13. Producer establishment practices and experiences in near-coastal southernQueensland — J.W. WRIGHT, I.C. CROSTHWAITE, P. GEISSLER, W.CAMPBELL, R. BROWN, G. BROWN and B. FLEISCHFRESSER

14. Producer establishment practices and experiences in southern inlandQueensland — A.V. FRENCH and S.P. CLARKE

15. Experience with the band-seeder in commercial pastures — I.J. PARTIDGE,P.T. KNIGHTS and G. ELPHINSTONE

16. Economic considerations for pasture management — N.D. MacLEOD, P.A.WALSH, S.J. COOK and R.L. CLEM

17. Prospects for using weather prediction to reduce pasture establishment risk —R.C. STONE and G.M. McKEON

18. The potential for computer-based decision support systems to improveestablishment success for sown tropical pastures — J.C. SCANLAN andG.M. McKEON

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