Volume 70 Number 1

Table of Contents

Research Papers

Water requirement of plantains (Musa acuminata × Musa balbisiana AAB) grown under semiarid conditions
Ricardo Goenaga, Eladio Gonzalez
Evaluation of Caribbean maize accessions in Puerto Rico
Linda M. Pollak
Fodder production and nutritive value of six shrubs on acid soil in southern Ethiopia
A. Larbi, J. Lazier, J. Ochang
Criteria for scheduling the irrigation of mustard (Brassica juncea L.)
D.K. Sharma, Arvind Kumar
Comparison of extractants for determination of available P, K, and Ca in some Grenada soils
Albert Cox, R.W. Taylor, H. Raebum
Effect of soil water and tillage on cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp] growth and yield on a clay soil
F.A. Gumbs, J.I. Lindsay
Spore production and artificial inoculation techniques for Mycosphaerella fijiensis var. difformis
Luis H. Jacome, Wolfgang Schuh
Evaluating banana and plantain for reaction to black leaf streak disease in the South Pacific
D.R. Jones
The effects of genotype, damage, maturity, and environmental conditions on the postharvest life of plantain
R.S.B. Ferris, G.K. Hotsonyame, H. Wainwright, A.K. Thompson
Effect of temperature on growth and conidial production in vitro, and comparison of infection and aggressiveness in vivo among isolates of Mycosphaerella fijiensis var. difformis
Luis H. Jacome, Wolfgang Schuh
Waterlogging tolerance of some accessions of lentil (Lens culinaris Medic.)
M. Ashraf, S.N. Chishti
Metabolic changes associated with floral malformation of mango (Mangifera indica L.)
Zora Singh, B.S. Dhillon
Breeding black Sigatoka resistant plantains with a wild banana
R. Swennen, D. Vuylsteke
A physical and financial appraisal of a feeding system using combinations of low nutrient-dense and concentrated feeds for growing pigs in the Solomon Islands
Peter J. Thorne
The value of triploid, tetraploid, and hexaploid Napier grass derivatives as biomass and (or) forage
S.C. Schank, D.P. Chynoweth
A comparative study of the cost and returns of small-scale farmers in the fishery and crop sub-sectors the riverine areas of Rivers State, Nigeria
J.N. Mbata

Book Review

BOOK REVIEW By W. Holmes - Ruminant Nutrition, Recommended Allowances and Feed Tables
R. Jarrige
BOOK REVIEW By R.K. Rastogi - The Balance between Public and Private Sector Activities in the Delivery of Livestock Services
Dina L. Umali, Gershon Feder, Cornelis de Haan