Return to Volumes List |
|
Tropical
Grasslands
Vol. 39 2005
|
Contributed Articles March 2005 (No. 1)
|
|
|
Growth and survival of range of Leucaena species in southern Brazil — PAULO EMÍLIO KAMINSKI, MARIA
TERESA SCHIFINO-WITTMANN
AND
NILTON RODRIGUES PAIM
|
|
1
|
An evaluation of three tropical ley legumes for use in mixed
farming systems on clay soils in southern inland Queensland,
Australia — A. M. WHITBREAD, B.C. PENGELLY
AND
B.R. SMITH
|
|
9
|
Estimation of herbage mass in a bahia grass (Paspalum notatum)
and a centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) pasture using
a capacitance probe, a sward stick and a rising plate —
S. OGURA, Y. NAGATOMO
AND
M. HIRATA
|
|
22
|
Effects of severity of threshing damage on seed quality of
Gatton panic (Panicum maximum) —
J.M. HOPKINSON
AND
B.H. ENGLISH
|
|
31
|
Growth, forage yield and light interception and use by stands of
five
Brachiaria
species in a tropical environment —
O. GUENNI, J.L. GIL
AND
Y. GUEDEZ
|
|
42
|
Effects of rock phosphate, sulphur with and without
Acidithiobacillus
and organic by-products on mimosa
(Mimosa caesalpiniifolia)
grown in a Brazilian tableland soil —
N.P. STAMFORD, C.E.R. SANTOS,
P.R. SANTOS, K.S. SANTOS
AND
A. MONTENEGRO
|
|
54
|
Notes for Contributors
|
|
62
|
Contributed Articles June 2005 (No. 2)
|
|
|
The impact of fire on population density and canopy area of
currant bush (Carissa ovata) in central Queensland and its
implications for grazed woodland management —
P.V. BACK
|
|
65
|
Fertilisation of creeping signalgrass and bahiagrass under
grazing in Florida —
R.S. KALMBACHER, M.B. ADJEI,
I.V. EZENWA
AND
F.G. MARTIN
|
|
75
|
Emergence and seedling survival of leucaena on poorly drained
soil and management practices to mitigate negative effects —
I.V. EZENWA
AND
R.S. KALMBACHER
|
|
88
|
Brachiaria
species in north-east Thailand: dry matter yields
and seed production —
M.D. HARE, P. TATSAPONG, A. LUNPHA
AND
K. WONGPICHET
|
|
99
|
Seed yield and quality of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) as
influenced by row spacing and fertiliser level
—
D. KUMAR, G.K. DWIVEDI
AND
S. N. SINGH
|
|
107
|
Effects of a fibrolytic enzyme supplement on the performance of
Holstein Friesian cows grazing kikuyu
—
B.C. GRANZIN
|
|
112
|
The nutritive value of laboratory ensiled lablab
(Lablab purpureus) and pearl millet (Pennisetum americanum)
—
J.T. AMODU, A.M.ADAMU,
I.A. ADEYINKA, J.P. ALAWA
AND
J.O. JEGEDE
|
|
117
|
Research note: Effect of different seed treatment options
on dormancy breaking, germination and emergence of
Ziziphus mucronata (buffalo thorn) seed —
ABUBEKER HASSEN, N.F.G. RETHMAN
AND
W.A. VAN NIEKERK
|
|
124
|
|
|
Contributed Articles September 2005 (No. 3)
|
|
|
Influence of storage conditions on survival and sowing value of
seed of tropical pasture grasses. 1. Longevity —
J.M. HOPKINSON AND B.H. ENGLISH
|
|
129
|
Influence of storage conditions on survival and sowing value of
seed of tropical pasture grasses. 2. Sowing value and storage
strategies —
J.M. HOPKINSON AND B.H. ENGLISH
|
|
140
|
Forest management innovations, forage development practices
and livestock in the hills of Nepal —
N.R. DEVKOTA AND F. FELLONI
|
|
152
|
Flood tolerance of Panicum decompositum: Effects on seedling
biomass —
C.J. GEURTS, J.E.D. FOX, T.M. LUONG
AND M.C. COX
|
|
160
|
Selective herbicide strategies for use in Australian desmanthus
seed crops —
K.G. COX AND K.C. HARRINGTON
|
|
171
|
Pasture legume adaptation to six environments of the seasonally
dry tropics of north Queensland —
T.J. HALL AND R.W. WALKER
|
|
182
|
Contributed Articles December 2005 (No. 4)
|
|
|
Advances in sown tropical leguems. Reprinted from Proceedings of the XX International Grassland Congress held in Dublin, Ireland, June 26 —July 2, 2005
|
Foreword
|
|
197
|
The following Posters link directly to the relevant PDF file.
|
|
|
Adoption of tropical legume technology around the world: analysis of success — H.M. SHELTON,
S. FRANZEL and M. PETERS
|
|
198
|
Dual-purpose cowpea for west Africa — S.A. TARAWALI, I. OKIKE, P.K. KRISTJANSON,
B.B. SINGH and P. THORNTON
|
|
210
|
Planted forage legumes in west Africa — S.A. TARAWALI, P. THORNTON and N. DE HAAN
|
|
211
|
Fodder shrubs for improving incomes of dairy farmers in the east African highlands
— S. FRANZEL, C. WAMBUGU, J. STEWART and B.D. SANDE
|
|
212
|
Stylo in India — much more than a plant for the revegetation of wasteland — C.R. RAMESH,
S. CHAKRABORTY, P.S. PATHAK, N. BIRADAR and P. BHAT
|
|
213
|
Forage arachis in Nepal: a simple success — A.D. ROBERTSON
|
|
214
|
Stylo in China: a tropical forage legume success story — L. GUODAO and S. CHAKRABORTY
|
|
215
|
Stylo adoption in Thailand: three decades of progress — C. PHAIKAEW and M.D. HARE
|
|
216
|
Sesbania grandiflora: a successful tree legume in Lombok, Indonesia — DAHLANUDDIN
HASNIATI and MAX SHELTON
|
|
217
|
Leucaena: sustainable crop and livestock production systems in Nusa Tenggara Timur Province,
Indonesia — C. PIGGIN and J. NULIK
|
|
218
|
Centrosema pascuorum in Australia’s Northern Territory: a tropical forage legume success story
— A.G. CAMERON
|
|
219
|
Arachis pintoi in the humid tropics of Colombia: A forage legume success story — E. LASCANO
CARLOS, M. PETERS and FEDERICO HOLMANN
|
|
220
|
Tropical kudzu (Pueraria phaseoloides): successful adoption in sustainable cattle production
systems in the western Brazilian Amazon — J.F. VALENTIM and C.M.S. ANDRADE
|
|
221
|
Forage peanut (Arachis pintoi): a high yielding and high quality tropical legume for sustainable
cattle production systems in the western Brazilian Amazon — J.F. VALENTIM and
C.M.S. ANDRADE
|
|
222
|
Estilosantes Campo Grande in Brazil: a tropical forage legume success story — C.D. FERNANDES,
B. GROF, S. CHAKRABORTY and J.R. VERZIGNASSI
|
|
223
|
Butterfly pea in Queensland: a tropical forage legume success story — M.J. CONWAY
|
|
224
|
Stylos: The broad-acre legumes of N Australian grazing systems — J.P. RAINS
|
|
225
|
Leucaena in northern Australia: a forage tree legume success story — B.F. MULLEN, H.M. SHELTON
and S.A. DALZELL
|
|
226
|
Aeschynomene and carpon desmodium: legumes for bahiagrass pasture in Florida — L.E. SOLLENBERGER
and R.S. KALMBACHER
|
|
227
|
Rhizoma peanut — more than a ‘lucerne’ for subtropical USA — M.J. WILLIAMS,
K.H. QUESENBERRY, G.M. PRINE and C.B. OLSON
|
|
228
|
Leucaena production in arid Botswana — F.P. WANDERA, M. KARACHI, S. MANGOPE and
B.M. LEFOFE
|
|
229
|
Agronomic evaluation of twenty ecotypes of Leucaena spp. for acid soil conditions in México
— J.F. ENRÍQUEZ-QUIROZ, A. HERNÁNDEZ-GARAY and A.R. QUERO-CARRILLO
|
|
230
|
Desmodium velutinum — a high-quality shrub legume for acid soils in the tropics —
R. SCHULTZE-KRAFT, M. PETERS, N. VIVAS, F. PARRA and L.H. FRANCO
|
|
231
|
Recent advances in Stylosanthes research in tropical America — B. GROF, C.D. FERNANDES
and J.R. VERZIGNASSI
|
|
232
|
Desmanthus: a new forage legume to improve wool growth in tropical Australia — J.H. DE A. RANGEL
and C.A.M. GOMIDE
|
|
233
|
Enhancement of grassland production through integration of forage legumes in semi-arid rangelands
of Kenya — P.N. MACHARIA, J.I. KINYAMARIO, W.N. EKAYA and C.K.K. GACHENE
|
|
234
|
The dry matter yield and nutritive value of wet-tolerant tropical forage legumes in single cropping
or mixed cropping with gramineous forage crops in drained paddy field — M. TOBISA,
Y. NAKANO, K. OKANO, M. SHIMOJO and Y. MASUDA
|
|
235
|
Experiences with establishing legumes as part of a ley pasture in a low-input farming system
of the eastern Amazon, Brazil — S. HOHNWALD, B. RISCHKOWSKY, A.P. CAMARÃO,
J.A. RODRIGUES-FILHO, R. SCHULTZE-KRAFT and J.M. KING
|
|
236
|
Variation within the species Macroptilium atropurpureum regarding adaptation to grazing —
C.K. MCDONALD and R.J. CLEMENTS
|
|
237
|
Production and persistence of a native pasture-Arachis pintoi association in the humid tropics of Mexico
— E. CASTILLO-GALLEGOS, L. ’t MANNETJE and A. ALUJA-SCHUNEMANN
|
|
238
|
Performance of dual-purpose cows on a native pasture-Arachis pintoi association in the humid
tropics of Mexico — E. CASTILLO-GALLEGOS, J. JARILLO-RODRÍGUEZ, E. OCAÑAZAVALETA,
B. MARÍN-MEJÍA, L. ’t MANNETJE and A. ALUJA-SCHUNEMANN
|
|
239
|
Response of Arachis pintoi to grazing intensity when associated with different grasses —
C.M.S. ANDRADE, R. GARCIA, J.F. VALENTIM and O.G. PEREIRA
|
|
240
|
Selection of Forages for the Tropics (SoFT) — a database and selection tool for identifying forages
adapted to local conditions in the tropics and subtropics — B.C. PENGELLY, B.G. COOK,
I.J. PARTRIDGE, D.A. EAGLES, M. PETERS, J. HANSON, S.D. BROWN, J.L. DONNELLY,
B.F. MULLEN, R. SCHULTZE-KRAFT, A. FRANCO and R. O’BRIEN
|
|
241
|
Book Reviews
|
|
|
High-yielding anthracnose-resistant Stylosanthes for agricultural systems
|
|
242
|
Grassland: a global resource
|
|
243
|
XX International Grassland Congress: Offered papers
|
|
243
|
Pastoral systems in marginal environments
|
|
244
|
|
Return to Volumes List |