Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Urochloa mosambicensis

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): sabi grass
Crop Use(s): forage grass
Reference Source(s): rehm
Number of Papers/Mentions: 26

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]

Aganga, A. A. and M. N. Autlwetse (2000). Utilization of sorghum forage, millet forage, veldt grass and buffel grass by Tswana sheep and goats when fed Lablab purpureus L. as protein supplement. Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences. [print] August 13(8): 1127-1132. {a} Department of Animal Science and Production, Botswana College of Agriculture, Gaborone, Botswana

Bodenstein, V., H. H. Meissner, et al. (2000). Food selection by Burchell's zebra and blue wildebeest in the Timbavati area of the Northern Province Lowveld. South African Journal of Wildlife Research. [print] 30(2): 63-72. {a} Skukuza, 1350, South Africa

Fynn, R. W. S. and C. T. G. O (2000). Effect of stocking rate and rainfall on rangeland dynamics and cattle performance in a semi-arid savanna, South Africa. Journal of Applied Ecology. [print] June 37(3): 491-507. {a} Department of Range and Forage Resources, University of Natal, Scottsville, 3209, South Africa

Harwood, M. R., J. B. Hacker, et al. (1999). Field evaluation of seven grasses for use in the revegetation of lands disturbed by coal mining in Central Queensland. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 39(3): 307-316. {a} CSIRO Tropical Agriculture, ATFGRC, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, Qld, 4067, Australia

Hu, F. D. and R. J. Jones (1999). Effects of leachates from swards of Bothriochloa pertusa and Urochloa mosambicensis on the growth of four test species, B. pertusa, U. mosambicensis, Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano and S. scabra cv. Seca and an assessment of the endophyte status of the grasses. Tropical Grasslands. June 33(2): 122-126. {a} Davies Laboratory, CSIRO Tropical Agriculture, PMB, Townsville, QLD, Australia

Muir, J. P. and L. Abrao (1999). Agronomic evaluation of 10 cultivated grasses in semi-arid Mozambique. Tropical Grasslands. March 33(1): 34-39. {a} Stephenville A.R.E.C., Route 2, Stephenville, TX, USA

Pengelly, B. C. and D. A. Eagles (1999). Agronomic variation in a collection of perennial Urochloa spp. and its relationship to site of collection. Genetic Resources Communication(29): 1-13. {a} CSIRO Cunningham Laboratory, 306 Carmody Road, St Lucia, Saint Lucia, QLD, 4067, Australia

McDonald, C. K., R. M. Jones, et al. (1998). Growth and spread of Digitaria eriantha cv. Premier and Urochloa mosambicensis cv. Nixon oversown into native speargrass (Heteropogon contortus) pasture in south-east Queensland. Tropical Grasslands 32(1): 41-49. {a} CSIRO Cunningham Lab., 306 Carmody Rd., St. Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia

Coates, D. B. (1997). The recovery of Nixon Sabi grass pastures following severe drought. Tropical Grasslands 31(1): 67-72. CSIRO, PMB, PO Aitkenvale, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia

Hatch, G. P. and N. M. Tainton (1997). The influence of stocking rate, range condition and rainfall on seasonal beef production patterns in the semi-arid savanna of KwaZulu-Natal. Suid Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Veekunde 27(2): 50-54. {a} CSIR Div. Water Environ. For. Technol., P.O. Box 17001, Congella 4013, South Africa

Hu, F. D. and R. J. Jones (1997). Effects of plant extracts of Bothriochloa pertusa and Urochloa mosambicensis on seed germination and seedling growth of Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano and Stylosanthes scabra cv. Seca. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 48(8): 1257-1264. CSIRO Div. Tropical Agric., University Road, Douglas, Townsville, QLD 4814, Australia

Kennedy, P. M., P. J. Toscas, et al. (1997). Use of a multi-exponential model to assess the effect of fermentation in the reticulorumen on particle fragmentability as simulated from artificially macerating leaf and stem fractions of two tropical grasses. Animal Feed Science and Technology 66(1-4): 111-128. {a} CSIRO Trop. Agric., PMB 3, PO, Indooropilly, Qld. 4068, Australia

Naidu, B. P. and M. R. Harwood (1997). Opportunities for landscape stabilisation and revegetating disturbed lands in stressful environments with exotic or native forages. Tropical Grasslands 31(4): 364-369. {a} ATFGRC, CSIRO Tropical Agric., 306 Carmody Rd., St. Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia

Cameron, A. G. (1996). Evaluation of tropical pasture species as leys in the semi-arid tropics of northern Australia. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 36(8): 929-935. NT Dep. Primary Ind. Fisheries, P.O. Box 990, Darwin, NT 0801, Australia

Coates, D. B. (1996). Diet selection by cattle grazing Stylosanthes-grass pastures in the seasonally dry tropics: Effect of year, season, stylo species and botanical composition. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 36(7): 781-789. CSIRO Div. Tropical Crops Pastures, Davies Lab., PMB, PO Aitkenvale, QLD 4814, Australia

Veldkamp, J. F. (1996). Brachiaria, Urochloa (Gramineae-Paniceae) in Malesia. Blumea 41(2): 413-437. Rijksherbarium/Hortus Botanicus, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands

Lowry, J. B. and A. C. Schlink (1995). Chlorophyll-derived faecal pigment as an indicator of feed selection in dry-season tropical pastures. Tropical Agriculture 72(4): 303-307. {a} CSIRO Div. Tropical Animal Production, Long Pocket Lab., Private Bag No. 3, PO Indooroopilly 4068, Australia

McIvor, J. G. and C. J. Gardener (1995). Pasture management in semi-arid tropical woodlands: Effects on herbage yields and botanical composition. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 35(6): 705-715. {a} CSIRO Div. Tropical Crops Pastures, 306 Carmody Rd., St. Lucia, QLD 4067, Australia

Coates, D. B. (1994). The effect of phosphorus as fertiliser or supplement on pasture and cattle productivity in the semi-arid tropics of north Queensland. Tropical Grasslands 28(2): 90-108. CSIRO Div. Tropical Crops Pastures, Davies Lab., PMB, PO Aitkenvale, QLD 4814, Australia

Hall, T. J. and R. W. Walker (1994). Selection of perennial grasses as a component of legume-based pastures on light-textured soils in the dry tropics of Queensland. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 34(3): 355-365. {a} Queensland Dep. Primary Industries, P.O. Box 308, Roma, QLD 4455, Australia

Timberlake, J. R. (1994). An analysis of a stocking rate trial at Chobela, southern Mozambique. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 11(2): 50-54. Inst. Nac. Investigacao Agronomica, C.P. 3658, Maputo, Mozambique

Gardener, C. J., M. R. McCaskill, et al. (1993). Herbage and animal production from native pastures and pastures oversown with Stylosanthes hamata: 1. Fertiliser and stocking rate effects. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 33(5): 561-570. {a} CSIRO Div. Tropical Crops Pastures, PBM, PO Aitkenvale, Townsville, Old 4814, Australia

Schiller, K. N. and J. F. Ayres (1993). The effects of winter conditions on the nutritive value of Lotus pedunculatus cv. Grasslands Maku and Trifolium repens cv. Haifa. Tropical Grasslands 27(1): 43-47. {a} Agric. Research Advisory Station, NSW Agric., PMB, Glen Innes, NSW 2370, Australia

Stockwell, T. G. H. (1993). A comparison of establishment and growth of two Stylosanthes species with eight grass species sown on cultivated and uncultivated seedbeds at three sites in the semi-arid tropics of the Northern Territory. Tropical Grasslands 27(1): 1-10. Dep. Primary Industry Fisheries, Katherine Research Station, PO Box 1346, Katherine, NT 0851, Australia

Thrash, I., G. K. Theron, et al. (1993). Impact of water provision on herbaceous community composition in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 10(1): 31-35. {a} Sci. Serv., Kruger Natl. Park, Private Bag X402, Skukuza 1350, South Africa

Wipff, J. K., S. M. T. Herbarium, et al. (1993). The genus Urochloa (Poaceae: Paniceae) in Texas, including one previously unreported species for the state. SIDA Contributions to Botany 15(3): 405-413. {a} Dep. Rangeland Ecology Management, Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX 77843-2126, USA

Ernst, W. H. O. and D. J. Tolsma (1992). Growth of annual and perennial grasses in a savanna of Botswana under experimental conditions. Flora 186(3-4): 287-300.

O'Connor, T. G. and G. A. Pickett (1992). The influence of grazing on seed production and seed banks of some African savanna grasslands. Journal Of Applied Ecology 29(1): 247-260.

Ernst, W. H. O., A. T. Kuiters, et al. (1991). Dormancy of annual and perennial grasses from a savanna of southeastern Botswana. Acta Oecologica 12(6): 727-739.

McIvor, J. G. (1990). Seasonal changes in dry matter distribution and herbage quality of Urochloa species in northeastern Queensland (Australia). Australian Journal Of Experimental Agriculture 30(4): 523-528.

Murthy, T. C. S. and Basavaiah (1990). Karyomorphological studies on five species of Urochloa P. Beauv. (Poaceae). Cytologia 55(3): 431-436.

Holt, J. A. and R. J. Coventry (1988). The effects of tree clearing and pasture establishment on a population of mound-building termites (Isoptera) in north Queensland (Australia). Australian Journal Of Ecology 13(3): 321-326.

Lima, M. D. A., A. D. P. M. Fernandes, et al. (1987). Evaluation of native and cultivated pastures in the semiarid area, in the Sertao of Pernambuco. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Zootecnia 16(6): 517-531.

McCosker, T. H. (1987). Establishment and persistence of introduced grasses on the Marrakai land system, in the Northern Territory (Australia) semi-arid tropics. Tropical Grasslands 21(1): 28-41.

Anning, P., R. K. Shepherd, et al. (1986). Persistence and productivity of ten perennial Urochloa genotypes with Stylosanthes species in far north Queensland (Australia). Australian Journal Of Experimental Agriculture 26(5): 567-576.

McIvor, J. G. (1985). The growth of Urochloa accessions in grazed swards with Stylosanthes near Townsville, north Queensland (Australia). Australian Journal Of Experimental Agriculture 25(1): 61-69.

McIvor, J. G. (1984). Effects of phosphorus and superphosphate on the growth of Urochloa species. Australian Journal Of Experimental Agriculture And Animal Husbandry 24(127): 571-578.

McIvor, J. G. (1984). Phosphorus requirements and responses of tropical pasture species: Native and introduced grasses and introduced legumes. Australian Journal Of Experimental Agriculture And Animal Husbandry 24(126): 370-378.


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