New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 2000

Volume 43/Number 1/March 2000

List of referees

Information for authors

Review articles

• The agronomic effectiveness of lime-reverted and dicalcic superphosphates: A review D. C. EDMEADES
• Farm dairy effluent: A review of published data on chemical and physical characteristics in New Zealand R. D. LONGHURST, A. H. C. ROBERTS, M. B. O'CONNOR

  Agronomy

• Base temperature and thermal time requirements for germination and emergence of temperate pasture species D. J. MOOT, W. R. SCOTT, A. M. ROY, A. C. NICHOLLS
• Development of a breeding pool for a grazing Lupinus polyphyllus D. SCOTT M. TESFAYE
• Forage production and quality of serradella in mild winter areas in north-west Spain I. IGLESIAS J. LLOVERAS+
• Progress in recurrent selection and in crossing cultivars with white clover resistant to the clover root-knot nematode Meloidogyne trifoliophila C. F. MERCER, J. VAN DEN BOSCH , K. J. MILLER
• Morphological and physiological effects of water deficit and endophyte infection on contrasting tall fescue cultivars S. G. ASSUERO, C. MATTHEW, P. D. KEMP, G. C. M. LATCH, D. J. BARKER, S. J. HASLETT
• Adaptation to low fertility hill country in New Zealand of white clover lines selected for differences in response to phosphorus J. R. CARADUS, A. DUNN

  Animal science

• Optimum liveweight, feed intake, reproduction, and calf output in beef cows on North Island hill country, New Zealand D. C. SMEATON, M. D. BOWN, J. B. CLAYTON
• Genetic parameters for growth, puberty, and beef cow reproductive traits in a puberty selection experiment C. A. MORRIS, J. A. WILSON, G. L. BENNETT, N. G. CULLEN S. M. HICKEY, J. C. HUNTER
• Effect of sire breed on growth, carcass, and wool characteristics of lambs born to Merino ewes in New Zealand G. H. SCALES, A. R. BRAY, D. B. BAIRD, D. O'CONNELL, T. L. KNIGHT

  Soil science

• Sustainability of New Zealand high-country pastures under contrasting development inputs. 2. Soil inorganic components D. SCOTT
• Effects of fertiliser application on nutrient status and organic matter content of hill soils M. G. LAMBERT, D. A. CLARK, A. D. MACKAY, D. A. COSTALL
• Calculating nitrogen leaching losses and critical nitrogen application rates in dairy pasture systems using a semi-empirical model H. J. DI, K. C. CAMERON
• Mobility of the constituents of chromated copper arsenate in a shallow sandy soil G. ALLINSON , N. J. TUROCZY Y. KELSALL M. ALLINSON, F. STAGNITTI J. LLOYD-SMITH, M. NISHIKAWA

  Volume 43/Number 2/June 2000

  Agronomy

• Response to selection for node appearance rate of white clover J. R. CARADUS, D. R. WOODFIELD, A. DUNN, G. COUSINS
• Contamination and persistence of endophyte-free ryegrass pastures established by spray-drilling, and intensively grazed by dairy cows in the Waikato region of New Zealand V. T. BURGGRAAF, E. R. THOM
• Sustainability of New Zealand high-country pastures under contrasting development inputs. 3. Sheep carrying capacity D. SCOTT

  Animal science

• Effect of method of castrating bulls on their growth rate and liveweight T. W. KNIGHT G. P. COSGROVE A. F. DEATH C. B. ANDERSON , A. D. FISHER
• A comparison of animal performance and carcass and meat quality characteristics in Hereford, Hereford x Friesian, and Friesian steers grazed together at pasture P. D. MUIR , G. J. WALLACE , P. M. DOBBIE , M. D. BOWN
• The effect of removal technique and post-removal handling on velvet antler colour J. M. SUTTIE, S. R. HAINES, A. P. BROWN-SMITH, P. F. FENNESSY, N. S. BEATSON

  Ecology

• Multitrophic interaction between the ryegrass Lolium perenne, its endophyte Neotyphodium lolii, the weevil pest Listronotus bonariensis, and its parasitoid Microctonus hyperodae S. L. GOLDSON, J. R. PROFFITT, L. R. FLETCHER, D. B. BAIRD

  Environmental impacts

• Spatial and temporal variability of stream phosphorus in a New Zealand high-country agricultural catchment BRIAN S. CARUSO

  Soil science

• A survey of soil physical properties on sheep and dairy farms in southern New Zealand J. J. DREWRY R. P. LITTLEJOHN, R. J. PATON
• Effect of subsoiling on soil physical properties and dry matter production on a Brown Soil in Southland, New Zealand J. J. DREWRY R. J. PATON
• Effect of subsoiling on soil physical properties and pasture production on a Pallic Soil in Southland, New Zealand J. J. DREWRY J. A. H. LOWE, R. J. PATON
• Shallow mechanical loosening of a soil under dairy cattle grazing: Effects on soil and pasture C. P. BURGESS R. CHAPMAN, P. L. SINGLETON, E. R. THOM

  Short communication

• A visual procedure for estimating stolon length of white clover per unit area in grazed pastures R. M. JONES, G. A. BUNCH , P. N. JONES

  Volume 43/Number 3/September 2000

  Review article

• Fluoride: A review of its fate, bioavailability, and risks of fluorosis in grazed-pasture systems in New Zealand S. J. CRONIN, V. MANOHARAN, M. J. HEDLEY, P. LOGANATHAN

  Agronomy

• Performance of white clover cultivars and breeding lines in rotationally grazed Waikato dairy pasture, New Zealand S. L. WOODWARD, J. R. CARADUS
• Effect of cultivar of white clover on plant morphology during the establishment of mixed pastures under sheep grazing J. L. BROCK, J. C. TILBROOK

  Animal science

• Effects of endophyte infection of perennial ryegrass on somatic cell counts, mammary inflammation, and milk protein composition in grazing dairy cattle M. J. AULDIST, E. R. THOM
• Effect of preslaughter feeding system on weight loss, gut bacteria, and the physico-chemical properties of digesta in cattle N. G. GREGORY, L. H. JACOBSON, T. A. NAGLE, R. W. MUIRHEAD, G. J. LEROUX

  Cultivar releases

• `Grasslands Vision' cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) W. RUMBALL, J. E. MILLER, R. B. CLAYDON
• `Grasslands Excel' cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.) W. RUMBALL, J. E. MILLER, R. B. CLAYDON

  Soil science

• A soil sampling protocol to minimise the spatial variability in soil test values in New Zealand hill country J. D. MORTON, D. B. BAIRD, M. J. MANNING
• Effects of cattle treading and natural amelioration on soil physical properties and pasture under dairy farming in Southland, New Zealand J. J. DREWRY R. J. PATON
• Sustainability of New Zealand high-country pastures under contrasting development inputs. 4. Organic matter components , D. SCOTT
• Sustainability of New Zealand high-country pastures under contrasting development inputs. 5. Nutrient pools and balances D. SCOTT

  Book reviews

• Book reviews

  Volume 43/Number 4/December 2000

  Review article

• A comparison of soil and environmental quality under organic and conventional farming systems in New Zealand L. M. CONDRON, K. C. CAMERON, H. J. DI T. J. CLOUGH, E. A. FORBES, R. G. MCLAREN, R. G. SILVA

  Agronomy

• Effects of grazing frequency on the production, nutritive value, herbage utilisation, and structure of a Paspalum dilatatum sward A. T. AYALA TORALES, G. L. ACOSTA, V. A. DEREGIBUS, P. M. MOAURO
• Differential response of forage legumes to phosphorus application A. T. AYALA TORALES, V. A. DEREGIBUS, P. R. MOAURO
• Fertiliser and grazing rejuvenation of fescue tussock grassland D. SCOTT
• A climate-driven, soil fertility dependent, pasture production model J. L. MOIR D. R. SCOTTER, M. J. HEDLEY, A. D. MACKAY

  Animal science

• Animal constraints to pasture treated with farm dairy effluent: Preference under grazing and issues of faecal contamination R. D. LONGHURST, M. B. O'CONNOR, K. BREMNER, L. MATTHEWS
• The evaluation of two doses of prostaglandin F2 analogue, Prosolvin, for oestrous synchronisation of Syrian Awassi ewes M. ZARKAWI
• Genetic and environmental factors affecting lamb survival at birth and through to weaning C. A. MORRIS, S. M. HICKEY, J. N. CLARKE

  Fertilisers

• Sustainability of New Zealand high-country pastures under contrasting development inputs. 6. Fertiliser efficiency D. SCOTT

  Forage crops

• The macro- and micro-element content of swedes and kale in Southland, New Zealand, and the effect of trace element-amended fertilisers on their Co, Se, and Cu concentrations N. D. GRACE, M. CRAIGHEAD, B. WATT

  Pest control

• Progress in the search for biological control agents of clover root weevil, Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) C. B. PHILLIPS, S. L. GOLDSON, L. REIMER U. KUHLMANN

  Plant pathology

• Microbial pathogens and plant parasitic nematodes in pastures with declining vigour S. U. SARATHCHANDRA, R. N. WATSON, R. A. SKIPP, G. BURCH, J. A. BROWN, N. R. COX

  Soil science

• Effect of treading by dairy cattle on topsoil physical conditions for six contrasting soil types in Waikato and Northland, New Zealand, with implications for monitoring P. L. SINGLETON, M. BOYES B. ADDISON
• Topsoil characteristics of three contrasting New Zealand soils under four long-term land uses GRAHAM P. SPARLING, T. GRAHAM SHEPHERD, LOUIS A. SCHIPPER

  Short communication

• Effect of age of pre- and post-pubertal castration of bulls on growth rates and carcass quality T. W. KNIGHT G. P. COSGROVE A. F. DEATH C. B. ANDERSON