New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 1997

Volume 40/Number 1/March 1997

Agronomy

• Breeding and description of `Grasslands Sustain', a medium-large-leaved white clover (Trifolium repens L.) cultivar
• Comparative nutrient responses by Pinus radiata, Trifolium repens, Dactylis glomerata, and Hieracium pilosella on a Mackenzie Basin outwash plain soil
• Quantifying drought for humid, temperate pastures using the Crop Water Stress Index (CWSI)
• Effect of spring grazing management on perennial ryegrass and ryegrass-white clover pastures 1. Tissue turnover and herbage accumulation
• Effect of spring grazing management on perennial ryegrass and ryegrass-white clover pastures 2. Tiller and growing point densities and population dynamics
• Herbage production and persistence of Puna chicory (Cichorium intybus L.) under grazing management over 4 years

  Animal science

• Comparison of the carcass characteristics of steers of different breeds and pre-weaning environments slaughtered at 30 months of age
• Influence of year, age, and geographical location on induced oestrus in ewes early in the breeding season
• Influence of Se status on milk Se concentrations in dairy cows
• Improved fibre preparation technique for methylene blue staining of wool fibres
• Comparison of fibre diameters measured in the skin and wool of Merino sheep
• Some relationships between weights of growing heifers and their subsequent lactation performances

  Microbiology

• Prevalence of cold-tolerant clostridia associated with vacuum-packed beef and lamb stored at abusive and chill temperatures

  Soil science

• Soil nutrient distribution in pastures flood-irrigated by the border strip method

  Book reviews

• Book reviews

Volume 40/Number 2/June 1997

Agronomy

• World checklist of white clover varieties II
• Effects of improved, adapted white clover (Trifolium repens L.) germplasm on the productive properties of a hill pasture
• Variation in white clover for resistance to clover cyst nematode

  Animal science

• Effects of Compudose and Rumensin, alone or in combination, on the growth, and carcass and meat quality of steers finished on pasture
• Computer-assisted image analysis for the measurement of wool follicle density and fibre diameter in skin sections
• Skin biopsy technique results in inaccurate wool follicle density measurements
• Long-term bromocriptine treatment during late pregnancy has differential effects on milk yields of single- and twin-bearing ewes

  Entomology

• Activity of extracts and compounds from New Zealand gymnosperms against larvae of Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

  Pesticides

• Microbial degradation of DDT and its residues--a review

  Soil science

• Dryland lucerne responses to elemental sulphur of different particle sizes applied at different rates and frequencies in North Otago, New Zealand
• Effects and interactions of phosphorus and sulphur on a mown white clover/ryegrass sward 3. Indices of nutrient adequacy
• Temporal changes in some soil chemical properties at four depths following the surface application of lime

Volume 40/Number 3/September 1997

Agronomy

• Establishment of legumes and grasses overdrilled into Hieracium -infested montane tussock grasslands

  Animal science

• Changing dietary S intakes and the Cu status of grazing lambs
• The effects of grazing chicory (Cichorium intybus) and birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) on venison and velvet production by young red and hybrid deer
• Variation in the characteristics of milkfat from pasture-fed dairy cows during late spring and the effects of grain supplementation.
• Stupefying and lethal effects of alpha chloralose in chickens

  Cultivar releases

• `Grasslands Tekapo' cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.)
• `Grasslands G27' red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)
• `Grasslands Lancelot' plantain (Plantago lanceolata L.)
• The selection of `Grasslands Pahia' cotula (Leptinella dioica Hook.f.) for bowling greens

  Soil science

• Impact of Ruapehu ash fall on soil and pasture nutrient status 1. October 1995 eruptions
• Effect of lime on yield, N fixation, and plant N uptake from the soil by pasture on 3 contrasting trials in New Zealand
• Comparison of some soil properties under Pinus radiata and improved pasture
• Effects of phosphate and lime applications on pasture zinc status
• Book reviews

Volume 40/Number 4/December 1997

Agronomy

• A study of the effects of soil bulk density on root and shoot growth of different ryegrass lines
• Grazing management of oversown tussock country 3. Effects on liveweight and wool growth of Merino wethers
• Herbage intake, ingestive behaviour and diet selection, and effects of condensed tannins upon body and wool growth in lambs grazing Lolium perenne and Holcus lanatus swards in summer
• Comparative studies of herbage intake and performance of lambs grazing Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) and perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) pastures in winter
• Comparative studies of herbage intake and performance of lambs grazing Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) pastures under rotational management in summer
• Pasture management to minimise the detrimental effects of pre-lamb shearing
• An evaluation of the growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of Sahiwal-Friesian cross bulls
• The effect of calcium chloride treatment on shear force and weight loss in gluteus medius and longissimus muscles from pasture fed bulls
• Milk production and ruminal metabolites from cows offered two pasture diets supplemented with non-structural carbohydrate
• Genetic parameters for milk yield and faecal nematode egg count in Saanen does

  Entomology

• The population biology of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, in New Zealand

  Microbiology

• The sensitivity of mastitis-causing bacteria to the antibacterial activity of honey

  Soil science

• Soil acidification: a provisional model for New Zealand pastoral systems
• Relationship between pasture dry matter yield and soil Olsen P from a series of long-term field trials

  Short communications

• Alternative dye banding method for measuring the length growth rate of wool in sheep
• The risk to dogs of poisoning from sodium monofluoroacetate (1080) residues in possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
• Obituary: Alan Sinclair PhD 1935-1996

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