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THE JOURNAOLF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE SENIOR EDITORS Prof. R. E. L. Naylor Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, MacRobert Building, 581 King Street, {herdeen AB24 SUA, UK Dr J. Wiseman University of Nottingham . School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 SRD, UK EDITORIAL BOARD E. J. Allen W. Erskine y ICARDA, Aleppo, Syria R. Hunter . University of Cambridge, UK CSIRO, Livestock Industries, Division of Tropical Production, S. C. Bishop J. FFlliinntthhe am Queensland, Australia Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, UK John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK D. B. Lindsay M. D. Casler Cambridge, UK M. J. Gooding US Dairy Forage Research G. F. J. Milford Center—Madison, USA University of Reading, UK TACR-Rothamsted, UK J. F. D. Greenhalgh J. A. Rooke B. R. Cullis Conwy, UK Scottish Agricultural College, Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Australia {herdeen, UK R. J. Haynes P. E. Russell University of Natal, W. Day Cambridge, UK South Africa Silsoe Research Institute, UK R. Thompson J. E. Hill TACR-Rothamsted, UK R. N. Edmondson University of California, Horticulture Research Davis. USA D. Wilman International, Wellesbourne, UK Cambridge, UK M. O. Humphreys S. D. Young S. Edwards Institute of Grassland and University of Nottingham, UK University of Newcastle, UK Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, UK VOLUME 139 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGI The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 477 Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne, VIC 3027, Australia Ruiz de Alarcon 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http: //www.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 2002 Printed in the United Kingdom at the University Press, Cambridge CONTENTS PART | (AUGUST 2002) CROPS AND SOILS READMAN, R.J., KETTLEWELL, P.S. AND BECKWITH, C. P. Effects of spray application of urea fertilizer at stem extension on winter wheat yield READMAN, R.J., BECKWITH, C. P. AND KETTLEWELL, P.S. Effects of spray application of urea fertilizer at stem extension on winter wheat: N recovery and nitrate leaching McDOWELL, R. W., BROOKES, P. C.. MAHIEU, N., POULTON, P. R, JOHNSTON, A. E. AND SHARPLEY, A. N. The effect of soil acidity on potentially mobile phosphorus in a grassland soil FUJIKAWA, Y., SAKURAI, N., SENDO, S., OKA, T., YAMANA, H., OFOSU-BUDU, K. G., EL-SHEMY, H. AND FUJITA, K. Sugar metabolism in expanding husk leaves of flint corn (Zea mays L.) genotypes differing in husk leaf size DI RENZO, M. A.. BONAMICO, N. C., DIAZ, D. D., SALERNO, J. C., IBANEZ, M. M. AND GESUMARIA, j. J. Inheritance of resistance to Mal de Rio Cuarto (MRC) disease in Zea mays (L.) CHRISTAKIS, P. A. AND FASOULAS, A. C. The effects of the genotype by environmental interaction on the fixation of heterosis in tomato BAKHEIT, B. R.. EL-HIFNY, M. Z., EISSA, M. M. AND RAGHEB, S. B. Triple test cross and six-population techniques for partitioning the components of genetic variance in faba bean (Vicia faba) GODFREY, A.J. R.. WOOD, G. R.. GANESALINGAM, S., NICHOLS, M. A. AND QIAO, C. G. Two-stage clustering in genotype-by-environment analyses with missing data ANIMALS A BEGAZ, S., DUGUMA, G., NEGUSSIE, E., GELMESA, U., TEREFE, F. AND REGE, J. E. O. Factors affecting reproductive performance and estimates of genetic parameters of litter size in Horro sheep SHINDE, A. K., BHATTA, R.. SANKHYAN, S. K. AND VERMA, D. L. Effect of season on thermoregulatory responses and energy expenditure of goats on semi-arid range in India HOLMES, W. The influence of weather on annual yields of honey ABSTRACTS OF COMMUNICATIONS FRANCE, J. AND CROMPTON, L. A. (EDS) Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Meeting of the Agricultural Research Modellers’ Group BOOK REVIEWS Contents PART 2 (SEPTEMBER 2002) CROPS AND SOILS SILGRAM, M. AND CHAMBERS, B. J. Effects of long-term straw management and fertilizer nitrogen additions on soil nitrogen supply and crop yields at two sites in eastern England JAGGARD, K. W., ALLISON, M.F., CLARK, C.J. A., TODD, A.D. AND SMITH, H.G. The effect of nitrogen supply and virus yellows infection on the growth, yield and processing quality of sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris) ALICATA, M. L., AMATO, G., BONANNO, A., GIAMBALVO, D. AND LETO, G. Jn vivo digestibility and nutritive value of Atriplex halimus alone and mixed with wheat straw APARICIO, N., VILLEGAS, D., ARAUS, J. L., BLANCO, R. AND ROYO, C. Seedling development and biomass as affected by seed size and morphology in durum wheat STOREHEIER, P. V., MATHIESEN, S.D., TYLER, N.J.C., SCHJELDERUP, I. AND OLSEN, M.A. Utilization of nitrogen- and mineral-rich vascular forage plants by reindeer in winter BOSKER, T., HOEKSTRA, N. J. AND LANTINGA, E. A. The influence of feeding strategy on growth and rejection of herbage around dung pats and their decomposition BAYE, T. Genotypic and phenotypic variability in Vernonia galamensis germplasm collected from eastern Ethiopia ANIMALS DAWSON, L. E.R. AND CARSON, A. F. Effects of crossbred ewe genotype and ram genotype on ewe prolificacy, lamb viability and lamb output in the lowland sector DAWSON, L. E.R. AND CARSON, A. F. Effects of crossbred ewe genotype and ram genotype on lamb carcass characteristics from the lowland sheep flock DAWSON, L. E. R. CARSON, A. F. AND MOSS, B. W. Effects of crossbred ewe genotype and ram genotype on lamb meat quality from the lowland sheep flock AKINGBADE, A. A., NSAHLAI, 1. V. AND MORRIS, C. D. The effects of Lewcaena leucocephala on semen quality, fertility and reproductive performance of dihydroxy pyridone-adapted South African Veuni goats BOSKER, T., HOEKSTRA, N. J. AND LANTINGA, E. A. The influence of feeding strategy on growth and rejection of herbage around dung pats and their decomposition VIEWPOINT HANCOX, M. The great badgers and bovine TB debate BOOK REVIEWS Contents PART 3 (NOVEMBER 2002) CROPS AND SOILS VINTEN, A.J. A., BALL, B. C., O'SULLIVAN, M. F. AND HENSHALL, J. K. The effects of cultivation method, fertilizer input and previous sward type on organic C and N storage and gaseous losses under spring and winter barley following long-term leys VINTEN, A. J. A., BALL, B. C., O' SULLIVAN, M. F., HENSHALL, J. K., HOWARD, R., WRIGHT, F., AND RITCHIE, R. The effects of cultivation method and timing, previous sward and fertilizer level on subsequent crop yields and nitrate leaching following cultivation of long-term grazed grass and grass-clover swards GILLILAND, T.J., BARRETT, P.D., MANN, R.L., AGNEW, R.E. AND FEARON, A.M. Canopy morphology and nutritional quality traits as potential grazing value indicators for Lolium perenne varieties STAMFORD, N. P., FREITAS, A.D.S., FERRAZ, D.S. AND SANTOS, C.E.R.S. Effect of sulphur inoculated with Thiobacillus on saline soils amendment and growth of cowpea and yam bean legumes BENNET 1. AND GALWEY,N. W. The use of spatial analysis to measure the effect of environmental heterogeneity on genetic variation in Trifolium species from Sardinia DYKE, G. V., TODD, A.D. AND JENKYN, J. F. Some problems in the design and analysis of field experiments subject to inter-plot interference HANSEN, P. M.. JORGENSEN, J. R. AND THOMSEN, A. Predicting grain yield and protein content in winter wheat and spring barley using repeated canopy reflectance measurements and partial least squares regression DHANDA, S. $8. AND SETHI, G. S. Tolerance to drought stress among selected Indian wheat cultivars SINGH, R. K., MISHRA, B., CHAUHAN, M. S., YEO, A. R., FLOWERS, S. A. AND FLOWERS, T. J. Solution culture for screening rice varieties for sodicity tolerance OMOLOYE, A. A., ODEBIYI, J. A.. WILLIAMS, C.T. AND SINGH, B.N. Tolerance indicators and responses of rice cultivars to infestation by the African rice gall midge, Orseolia oryzivora ANIMALS GETACHEW, G., MAKKAR, H.P.S. AND BECKER, K. Tropical browses: contents of phenolic compounds, in vitro gas production, and stoichiometric relationship between short chain fatty acid and in vitro gas production DEGEN, A. A., BENJAMIN, R. W., ABDRAIMOV,S . A. AND SARBASOV, T. I. Browse selection by Karakul sheep in relation to plant composition and estimated metabolizable energy content BOOK REVIEWS Contents PART 4 (DECEMBER 2002) CROPS AND SOILS PAGI OLESEN, J. E.. RASMUSSEN, I. A., ASKEGAARD, M. AND KRISTENSEN, K. Whole-rotation dry matter and nitrogen grain yields from the first course of an organic farming crop rotation experiment 361 LAWS, J. A., SMITH, K. A., JACKSON, D. R. AND PAIN, B. F. Effects of slurry application method and timing on grass silage quality BLAIR, A. M., JONES, P. A., INGLE, R. H., TILLETT, N. D. AND HAGUE, T. The integration of herbicides with mechanical weeding for weed control in winter wheat OFVERSTEN, J., JAUHIAINEN, L., NIKANDER, H. AND SALO, Y. Assessing and predicting the local performance of spring wheat varieties SINGH, V. K., SHARMA, B.B. AND DWIVEDI, B.S. The impact of diversification of a rice-wheat cropping system on crop productivity and soil fertility MORON, A. AND COZZOLINO. D. Determination of macro elements in alfalfa and white clover by near- infrared reflectance spectroscopy VELASCO, L., FERNANDEZ-MARTINEZ, J. M., GARCIA-RUIZ, R. AND DOMINGUEZ, J. Genetic and environmental variation for tocopheral content and composition in sunflower commercial hybrids SHI, J. AND GUO, J. Uptake from soil and distribution of *’Zr in Chinese cabbage ANIMALS BERRY, N.R., JEWELL, P. L., SUTTER, F.,. EDWARDS, P. J. AND KREUZER, M. Selection, intake and excretion of nutrients by Scottish Highland suckler beef cows and calves, and Brown Swiss dairy cows in contrasting Alpine grazing systems CORRESPONDENCE BOOK REVIEW 459 rere @