Tropical Grasslands Vol. 43 (2009)
Contributed articles Vol. 43 (2009)
The changing face of the Australian tropical pasture seed industry — TONY ILLING		1
The performance of irrigated mixtures of tall fescue, ryegrass and white clover in subtropical Australia. 1. The effects of sowing mixture combinations, nitrogen and oversowing on establishment, productivity, botanical composition and persistence — K.F. LOWE, M.N. CALLOW, T.M. BOWDLER, S.A. LOWE, J.A. WHITE and N. GOBIUS		4
The performance of irrigated mixtures of tall fescue, ryegrass and white clover in subtropical Australia. 2. The effects on yield and botanical composition of managing for quality — K.F. LOWE, T.M. BOWDLER, J.A. WHITE, S.A. LOWE and M.N. CALLOW		24
Woody plant responses to various clearing strategies imposed on a poplar box (Eucalyptus populnea) community at Dingo in central Queensland — P.V. BACK, E.R. ANDERSON, W.H. BURROWS and C. PLAYFORD		37
Isolation and characterisation of gamma radiation-induced dwarf mutants of Stylosanthes guianensis — JIALI TAN, HUASHAN TANG, YUEJING NIU, YOUGUANG CHEN, SHAOYUN LU, ZHENFEI GUO and HAIHANG LI		53
Herbage yield and quality of Brachiaria cultivars, Paspalum atratum and Panicum maximum in north-east Thailand — M.D. HARE, P. TATSAPONG and S. PHENGPHET		65
Effect of clipping interval and nitrogen fertilisation on oxalate content in pot-grown napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum) — M.M. RAHMAN, YASUYUKI ISHII, MITSUHIRO NIIMI and OSAMU KAWAMURA		73
Utilising leaf number as an indicator for defoliation to restrict stem growth in rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) cv. Callide — K.G. PEMBLETON, K.F. LOWE and L.M. BAHNISCH		79
African lovegrass in Australia: a valuable pasture species or embarrassing invader? — JENNIFER FIRN		86
Fishmeal supplementation to high-producing Jersey cows grazing kikuyu pasture — E.R. MALLESON, R. MEESKE, L.J. ERASMUS, W.A. VAN NIEKERK and R.J. COERTZE		98
Stimulation of wool growth by Desmanthus spp. as a supplement to a diet of Mitchell grass hay — J.H. de A. RANGEL and C.P. GARDINER		106
Effects of liming and Sinorhizobium inoculation on growth, nodulation and nutrient concentrations of lucerne in acid soil — YANJUN GUO, NI YU, LING YUAN and JIANGUO HUANG		112
Evaluation of low-temperature tolerance of zoysia grass — JIPING XUAN, JIANXIU LIU, HE GAO, HUAGUABG HU and XIAOLI CHENG		118
A listing of forage accessions established in published evaluation studies carried out by CSIRO in southern and central Queensland, Australia (1950–2000) — R.M. JONES Link to full listing of forage accessions as a Microsoft XL spreadsheet		125
Performance of perennial tropical grasses in different Mediterranean environments in southern Italy — A. CORLETO, E. CAZZATO, P. VENTRICELLI, S.L. COSENTINO, F. GRESTA, G. TESTA, M. MAIORANA, F. FORNARO and D. DE GIORGIO		129
Flowering dynamics and seed production of Arachis pintoi and Arachis repens in the Brazilian Cerrados — M.A. CARVALHO, E.A. PIZZARO JUNCAL and J.F.M. VALLS		139
Agro–morphological characterisation of a collection of Cynodon — MARK VAN DE WOUW, JEMAL MOHAMMED, MARIA ALEXANDRA JORGE and JEAN HANSON		151
Effect of wet season rotational grazing on pasture and animal production in buffel (Cenchrus ciliaris) – siratro (Macroptilum atropurpureum) pastures in south-east Queensland — The late J.C. TOTHILL, C.K. McDONALD, and the late G.W. McHARG		162
Rapid and enhanced germination at low temperature of alfalfa and white clover seeds following osmotic priming — ISKENDER TIRYAKI, MUSTAFA KIZILSIMSEK and MAHMUT KAPLAN		171
In situ fodder production of Mimosa tenuiflora under pruning in native caatinga tropical dry forest in Brazil — I.A. BAKKE, O.A. BAKKE, I.H. SALCEDO and A.P. ANDRADE		178
Research note: Poplar box (Eucalyptus populnea) growth rates in thinned and intact woodlands in central Queensland — P.V. BACK, E.R. ANDERSON, W.H. BURROWS and C. PLAYFORD		188
Oats (Avena sativa) – common vetch (Vicia sativa) mixtures grown on a low-input basis for a sustainable agriculture — A. EROL, M. KAPLAN and M. KIZILSIMSEK		191
Pastures for production, soil health and carbon sequestration. Proceedings of the 8th Australian Tropical Pastures Conference held at Goondiwindi, Queensland in March 2009 — ANDREW FERGUSON		197
Building better feed systems — LINDSAY BELL		199
Permanent pastures and industry policy guide certified grass-fed beef — GRANT MAUDSLEY		207
Pasture development at Undabri — JEFF CARTER and TONY ILLING		211
Integrating pastures into farming systems – soil health and the benefits to crops — DAVID LAWRENCE, MIKE BELL, BRIAN JOHNSON and DAVID LLOYD		212
Zero-tilling to renovate buffel grass and ‘the tip of the iceberg’ – carbon sequestration under pastures — PETER and NIKKI THOMPSON		217
The opportunities for leucaena in southern Queensland — GEORGE LAMBERT		220
Leucaena and rotational grazing at Ten Mile — ANDREW RICHARDSON		225
Soil carbon sequestration – myths and mysteries — MIKE BELL and DAVID LAWRENCE		227
Greenhouse gas emissions in livestock production systems — BEVERLEY HENRY and RICHARD ECKARD		232
Harry Stobbs Memorial Lecture: Carbon sequestration: Science and practicality — M.J. FISHER		239
Poisonous pimeleas on inland farming lands of Queensland and New South Wales — RICHARD G. SILCOCK and MICHAEL B. MANN		249
Pasture-fed beef from tropical pasture systems — B.H. ENGLISH, K.A. SHAW, R.A. MATTHEWS, J.W. ROLFE and J.C. KERNOT		253
Pasture analyser – A database of the growth rates of irrigated temperate species in southern Queensland — K.F. LOWE and G.B. SIMPSON		255
Reversing the declining quality of the tropical forages collection — K. COX, N. SCRIVENER and F. KILPATRICK		259
Producer-identified constraints to widespread adoption of sown tropical grass pastures on the north-west slopes of New South Wales — L.H. MCCORMICK, S.P. BOSCHMA, G.M. LODGE and J.F. SCOTT		263
Grass-legume mixtures on the north-west slopes of New South Wales – finding a compatible legume — S.P. BOSCHMA and C.A. HARRIS		267
Developing a more productive, persistent panic grass cultivar — C.A. HARRIS, S.P. BOSCHMA and G. MOORE		269
Author index		271