Volume 56 Number 1

Table of Contents

Research Papers

Agricultural credit related to nutrition and national development in the Caribbean: A Study of the Guyana Agriculture Cooperative Development Bank
Omawale, A.M. Rodrigues
Tillering and early growth of sugar-cane setts in response to pre-plant treatment with (2-chloroethyl) phosphonic acid
D. Eastwood
Effect of daylength and gibberellic acid on the growth and promotion of flowering in tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium)
C.R. McDavid, S. Alamu
Influence of applied copper and other micronutrients on groundnuts (Arachis hypogaea) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolour) on Malaysian oligotrophic peat.
W.Y. Chew, K.T. Joseph, K. Ramli
Identification of resistance to southern bean mosaic virus in cowpea
J.L. Ladipo, D.J. Allen
Storage problems in the cush-cush yam. I- Post-Harvest decay
P. Ricci, J.P. Torregrossa, R. Arnolin
Transmission of Mucor rot of guava fruits by three species of fruit flies
R.J. Ito, R. Kunimoto, W.H. Ko
A study of soil aluminium extraction methods in relation to plant aluminium and yield in tropical soils
R.A. Khalid, J.A. Silva
Phosphorous fertilizers in Nigerian savanna soils. II- Evaluation of three phosphate sources applied to maize at Samaru
U. Mokwunye
Effect of initial feedlot weight on the finishing performance and body composition of Western Sudan Baggara cattle
E.S.E. Gaili, H.F. Osman
Sodium hydroxide treatment of rice straw to improve its nutritive value for ruminants
M.C.N. Jayasuriya
Leaf variants in pigeon pea Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.
A.N. Murthi, L..J.G. Van Der Maesen

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW By G.V.P. - Pest Control in Tropical Root Crops
Centre for Overseas Pest Research
BOOK REVIEW By G.V.P. - Chemicals for Crop Protection and Pest Control
G.S. Hartley, T.F. West, M.B. Green
BOOK REVIEW By S.E. - Agricultural Literature of Czechoslovakia
Institute for Scientific and Technical Information for Agriculture