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Contributed Articles March 1996 (No. 1)

Pastures for prosperity. Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Tropical Pastures Conference held at Atherton, Queensland, in June 1995 — J.K. LESLIE

1

Harry Stobbs Memorial Lecture, 1995. Managing grazing lands: Critical information infrastructures and knowledge requirements for the future — JERRY W. STUTH

2

Pastures for prosperity

1. The global environment of pasture-based industries — beef and sheep meat —R.J. BLIGH

18

2. The global environment of pasture-based industries — dairying — P. DONNELLY

23

3. The future for new tropical pasture plants — R.J. CLEMENTS

31

4. Managing resources: Moving from sustainable yield to sustainability in tropical rangelands — J.R. BROWN and A.J. ASH

47

5. The role of animal science — J.E. VERCOE

58

Proceedings of Seeds Forum: The changing face of the seed industry

1. Proprietary lines and plant breeders' rights — PETER ROTHWELL

73

2. The changing face of tropical pasture seed marketing in northern Australia — JOHN RAINS

77

3. A time of change in the Australian seed industry — TED JEPPESEN

82

4. The future for the seed industry — a seed user's viewpoint — ALF COLLINS

84

5. The future for the seed industry — a grower's persepctive — NINO QUADRIO

86

6. What we want from the seed industry in the future — a merchant's viewpoint — PHILIP SMITH

88

Proceedings of Dairy Forum: Pastures are the basis of a competitive dairy industry

1. Development of a low-cost temperate pasture system — IVAN and DELLAS WENDT

91

2. Using a good block of land to best advantage — JOHN and CHARLIE HINES

95

3. Perennial ryegrass and clover pasture management in northern NSW — SAM TONGE

97

4. Pasture and herd management on the Atherton Tablelands — JOE TRANTER

103

Proceedings of Beef Inland Forum: Tough decisions in tough environments

1. Crossbreeding to maximise production on 'Bendemeer' — JOHN BURNETT

105

2. The future for beef in the northern briglow area — IAN THOMASON

108

3. It's a tough business in the nineties — JOHN BETHEL

110

Proceedings of Beef Coastal Forum: Is there a living in it?

1. Meeting markets in semi-arid environments — GREG BROWN

113

2. Grazing in the nineties — The role of improved pastures — JOHN COX

116

3. Future of the Atherton Tableland beef industry — BERNIE ENGLISH

120

Conference Posters

127

Statement of issues related to tropical pastures — J.K. LESLIE

120

Statement of issues related to tropical pastures

175

Conference Delegates

178

Awards of the Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc.

183

Book Review

Tropical Forages: Their role in sustainable agriculture

187

Diseases of Tropical Pasture Plants

189

Notes for Contributors

190

Contributed Articles June 1996 (No. 2)

Influence of sowing date and seedbed preparation on herbage production and botanical composition of tropical grass-clover pastures oversown with Midmar ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) for forage production during the dry season — G.J. MANYAWU and A.U.K. MADZUDZO

193

An improved method for measuring the germinable soil seed banks of tropical pastures — D.M. ORR, C.J. PATON and G.W. BLIGHT

201

The classification of a Sesbania sesban (ssp. sesban) collection I. Morphological attributes and their taxonomic sifnificance — J.H. HEERING, S. NOKOE and JEMAL MOHAMMED

206

The classification of a Sesbania sesban (ssp. sesban) collection II. Agronomic attributes and their relation to biomass estimation — J.H. HEERING, S. NOKOE and JEMAL MOHAMMED

215

Pysllid population dynamics and plant resistance of Leucaena selections in Florida — M.T. AUSTIN, M.J. WILLIAMS, A.C. HAMMOND, J.H. FRANK and C.G. CHAMBLISS

223

Seasonal fodder consumption and liveweight changes of sedentary cattle in southern Mali — SUSAN J.L.E. LELOUP, L.'t MANNETJE AND C.B.H. MEURS

229

Evaluation of some physical properties of an oxisol after conversion of native savanna into legume-based or pure grass pastures — A.J. GIJSMAN and R.J. THOMAS

237

Effect of access to irrigated ryegrass on the milk yield and composition of autumn calving cows in a tropical upland environment — R.G. WALKER, R.T. COWAN, W.N. ORR and B.A. SILVER

249

Seed production of native hay clovers in the highlands of eastern Africa — L. SHADEYA-MAKUNDABWENI and S.K. NJUGUNA

257

Seed production by native and naturalised grasses in north-east Queensland: effects of stocking rate and season — J.G. McIVOR, V. SINGH, J.P. CORFIELD and R.J. JONES

262

Book Review

Soil Science and Sustainable Land Management in the Tropics

270

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

(b) Aeschynomene americana I. (American jointvetch) cv. Lee

271

Contributed Articles September 1996 (No. 3)

Paraguay — a potential source of new pasture legumes for the subtropics — J.B. HACKER, A. GLATZLE and R. VANNI

273

Relationship between yield, chemical composition and reported platability of browse in soutern Mali — SUSAN J.L.E LELOUP and L.'t MANNETJE

282

Stenotaphrum secundatum: a valuable forage species for shaded environments — B.F. MULLEN and H.M. SHELTON

289

Diversity in the tropical legume genus Teramnus — B.C. PENGELLY and D.A. EAGLES

298

Water melons (Citrullus vulgaris) as the main source of water for cattle in Central Tanzania — C.M. SHAYO, B. OGLE and P. UDÉN

308

Measuring yields of green leaf blade in pastures by visual estimation techniques — R.B. WAITE and J.D. KERR

314

Effect of seasonal soil moisture, nitrogen fetiliser and stocking rate on unsown species in a sown subtropical pasture — C.K. McDONALD, R.M. JONES and M.W. SILVEY

319

Fodder production from associations of leguminous shrubs and grasses on contour bunds in the highlands of Burundi — EKOW AKYEAMPONG and BEN H. DZOWELA

330

Yield response and profitability of Coastcross 2 Bernudagrass at different rainfall and fertitility levels — C.J.G. LE ROUX, J.S. SWART, E. OOSTHUYSEN, C. TRETHEWEY and C. PITTAWAY

335

The Tropical Grassland Society of Australia Inc. — our current status — C.K. McDONALD

341

The influence of applied nitrogen on the vigour of Lolium perenne during the establishment year under subtropical conditions — F.R. McKENZIE

345

Book Review

PRACTICAL FARMING — Farm Water Supplies, Planning and Installation

350

New Herbage Plant Cultivar

(a) Macroptilium atropurpureum I. (DC.) Urban (atro) cv. Aztec

351

Contributed Articles December 1996 (No. 4)

Productivity and persistence of irrigated lotus (Lotus pedunculatus) and white clover (Trifolium repens) in a kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum) pasture — W.J. FULKERSON and K. SLACK

353

Effects of method sowing Stylosanthes on forage production of a Panicum-Stylosanthes mixture — I. EZENWA and M.E. AKEN'OVA

363

Effects of height and frequency of cutting on yield, quality and persistence of Desmanthus virgatus — W. TRUJILLO, W.D. PITMAN, C.G. CHAMBLISS and K. WILLIAMS

367

In vitro digestibility assessment of tropical shrub legumes using rumen fluid or faecal fluid as the inoculum source — R.J. JONES and P. BARNES

374

Effects of herbage and bush level on diet selection and nutrient intake of cattle in a Commiphora savanna — WILLIAM N. MNENE, JERRY W. STUTH and ROBERT K. LYONS

378

Selection of Chamaecrista rotundifolia by cattle — R.J. CLEMENTS, R.M. JONES, L.R. VALDES and G.A. BUNCH

389

Effect of planting method and soil texture on the growth and development of Arachis pintoi — ZDRAVKO BARUCH and MYLES J. FISHER

395

Persistence and yield of forage peanuts (Arachis spp.) on the New South Wales north coast — A.M. BOWMAN and G.P.M. WILSON

402

Growth and nitrogen nutrition of a Dichanthium aristatum pasture under shading — P. CRUZ

407

Research Note: Dry matter yields of Panicum and Brachiaria with nitrogen fertilisation or Pueraria in an oil palm plantation — I. EZENWA, OLUWATOYIN A. ARIBISALA and M.E. AKEN'OVA

414

Research Note: Dry matter production and chemical composition of introduced forages at two moist savanna sites in Ghana — P. BARNES

418

Research Note: Evaluation of introduced forage accessions for fodder production at a subhumid site in southern Ghana — P. BARNES and A. ADDO-KWAFO

422

Fertiliser responses of established grass pastures in the Northern Territory — A.G. CAMERON and B.J. ROSS

426

Book Review

Stylos for Better Beef

430

Author Index

431

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