Volume 53 Number 1

Table of Contents

Research Papers

Sources of disease resistance in Digitaria germplasm
A.J. Oakes
Resistance in Digitaria to the yellow sugar-cane aphid, Sipha flava (Forbes)*
A.J. Oakes, R.H. Ratcliffe
Heterosis in the mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek)
R.E. Swindell, J.M. Poehlman
Prediction of soil water content changes in Pangola grass pastures
F.A. Gumbs, L. Byam
A method for determining the irrigation requirement in Antigua, W.I.
R.W. Borden
Mist propagation of cassava tip cuttings for nutritional studies: effects of substrate calcium concentration, temperature and shading
D.A. Forno, C.J. Asher, D.G. Edwards
Effect of polyethylene and aluminium foil mulches at three plant populations on yields of glasshouse tomatoes*
B.A. Kratky
Composition of soil and coffee leaves on plantations under varying copper fungicide spraying regimes
E.A. Aduayi
Studies on the availability to plants of soil nitrogen in Malaysian tropical oligotrophic peat. I-Effect of liming and pH
W.Y. Chew, C.N. Williams, K.T. Joseph, K. Ramli
Studies on the availability to plants of soil nitrogen in Malaysian tropical oligotrophic peat. II-Effects of N, P, K and Micronutrients
W.Y. Chew, C.N. Williams, K.T. Joseph, K. Ramli
Reduction of wastage during post-harvest handling of bananas in the Sudan
H. Silvis, A.K. Thompson, Sulafa Khalid Musa, Omer Mohamed Salih, Yahia Magzoub Abdulla

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW By K.A.E.A. - Beef Cattle Production
N.T.M. Yeates, P.J. Schmidt
BOOK REVIEW By D.J.S.- Genetic Control of Insect Pests
G. Davidson