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LEUCAENA RESEARCH REPORTS, Volume 2, 1981

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1. FEATURE ARTICLES p.1

COLOMBIA
Hutton. E. Mark. Natural crossing and acid tolerance in some leucaena
species p.2

MALAYSIA
Ahmad. Norani and F.S.P. Ng. Growth of Leucaena leucocephala in
relation to soil pH nutrient levels and Rhizobium concentration
p.5

Section 2. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS p.11

AUSTRALIA
Beattie, W.M. Ithome lassula Hodges {Lepidopters: Cosmopterigidae).
A new insect pest of leucaena in Australia p. 11
Conlan, L. L. Identification of Leucaena leucocephala cultivars using
polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of seed embryos p.12
Jones, R.M. Survival of individual plants of Leucaena leucocephala in
grazed stands p. 14
Jones, R.J. and R.G. Megarrity. Contrasting responses of goats fed
leucaena in Australia and Hawaii p. 15
Megarrity, Robert G. Rapid estimation of DHP in urine p.16

BRAZIL
Costa, Nuno M. Sousa. Some observations of Leucaena sp. collection in
Brasil p. 17

COLOMBIA
Lenne, Jillian M. Effect of fertilizers on Camptomeris Leaf Spot of
leucaena leucocephala p. 18
Lenne, Jillian M. Natural Control of Camptomeris Leaf Spot of
leucaena leucocephala p. 18
Lenne, Jillian M. Bacterial Pod Blight of Leucaena leucocephala p. 18

INDIA
Chandrasekaran, N. R. Studies on forage potential of leucaena p.19
Das. R.B. and G.S. Dalvi. Effect of Interval and Intensity of Cutting
of Leucaena leucocephala p. 21
Dutt. A.K. Groth of Hawaiian Giant Leucaena leucocephala var. K8 in
Jammu p. 22
Gill, A.S. and B. D. Patil. A preliminary study on grass-tree
inter-planting p. 24
Pathak. P.S. and B.D. Patil. Nodulation and seedling growth in Leucaena
leucocephala cultivars p. 25
Pathak. P.S., B.D. Patil, S.K. Gupta and R. Deb Roy. Forage yield
comparison in leucaena leucocephala cultivars p. 26
Rao, N. Swami and K.A.R. Khan. Growth performance of leucaena on
lateri-tic mounds p. 27
Reddy. N.V. & R.B. Das. Adaptability trial of Leucaena leucocephala p.
29
Venkateswarlu, J., N. Venkat Reddy, R.B. Das and U.M.B. Rao. Role of
leucaena in intercropping in dryland farming p. 30

INDONESIA
Lowry, J. B. Leucaena Research at BPT p. 31

MAURITIUS
Osman, Azad M. Effects of cutting interval on the relative dry matter
production of four cultivars of leucaena p. 33
Osman, Azad M. Leaf:Stem ratio in leucaena p. 35
Osman, Azad M. The effects of cutting height on the dry matter
production of leucaena p. 37

PANAMA
Rosas. H., S. 0. Quintero, J. Gomez and M. Rodriquez. Milk production
during the dry season with leucaena cv. Cunningham in West
Panama p. 39
Rosas. H., S. 0. Quintero, J. Gomez and M. Rodriquez. Milk production
during the rainy and dry season with arboreous leucaena in the
central area
of Panama p.. 40

PHILIPPINES
Abriam, Ricardo M. Performance of broilers (Peterson strain) fed with
starter mash and different amounts of Ipil-ipil (leucaena) leaf
meal p. 41
Bottenberg, Harry B. Growth and yield of IR-36 rice as affected by
different levels of Ipil-ipil (leucaena) leaves p. 41
Mendoza, R. C., L. R. Escano and E.Q. Javier. Corn/leucaena
intercropping trials p. 42

SENEGAL
Dreyfus, Bernard and Yvon Dommergues. Relationships between rhizobia of
leucaena and Acacia spp p. 43

TAIWAN
Chen, Ching-Yih and Ming-Yih Chen. Physiological and ecological
characteristics of leucaena p. 45
Chen, M.T., T. Cheng and L.S. Lin. Feeding Efficiency of Leucaena Leaf
Meal used in pig ration p. 46
Chen, M.T. and Y.L. Lai. Effect of Leucaena Diet on Chick Growth p. 47
Hu, Ta-Wei and Wei-Er Cheng. The growth and nutrient levels of Leucaena
leucocephala response to lime and phosphorus on acid soil p. 48

Hu, Ta-Wei and Chih-Cheng Liu. Vegetative propagation of leucaena by
leafy cuttings under mist spray p. 50
Ku, Y. C., T. T. Pan and K. T. Wang. Semichemical pulping of leucaena
wood p. 51
Lee, Bryant P.K. Nutrient Composition of leucaena in Taiwan p. 52
Lu, Chin-Ming and Ta-Wei Hu. Biomass production of two-year old spacing
trial plantation of leucaena in Taiwan p. 53
Shih, Wen-Chun and Ta-Wei Hu. The Yields of forage of Leucaena
leucocephala in Taiwan p. 55
Tang, Jung-Lei. Properties of wod from planted, short rotation, fast
grown leucaena in Taiwan p. 57

TANZANIA
Lulandala, Luther L. L. Seed viability, germination and pretreatment of
leucaena leucocephala p. 59

UNITED KINGDOM
Acamovic, Thomas and J.P. Felix D’Mello. The effect of iron (III)
supplemented leucaena diets on the growth of young chicks p. 60

Acamovic, Thomas and J.P. Felix D’Mello. The estimation of mimosine in
leucaena using high performance liquid chromatography p. 62
D’Mello, J.P. Felix and Thomas Acamovic. The metabolisable energy value
of leucaeria leucocephala leaf meal for chicks p. 63
Fraser, Kristine W. and J.P. Felix D’Mello. Methods of determination of
tannins in leucaena leucocephala p. 64

U.S.A.
Brewbaker, James L. and Steve Kaye. Mimosine variations in species of
the genus leucaena p. 66
Fox, Robert L. and A. Sheldon Whitney. Response of Leucaena
leucocephala to lime applications in Hawaii p. 69
Halliday, Jake. Nitrogen fixation by leucaena in acid soils p. 71
Harris, D.J. and P.R. Cheeke. Digestibility of leucaena meal in rabbits
p.73
Jones, R. C. The evaluation of leucaena charcoal fuel for its potential
to damage diesel engines p. 74
Lesniak, Andrew P. and Edwin H. Liu. Biochemical purification of the
galactomannan in leucaena seeds p. 75
Lesniak, Andrew P. and Edwin H. Liu. Biological properties of Leucaena
leucocephala seed galactomannans p. 77
Lesniak., Andrew P. and Edwin H. Liu. Detoxification of leucaena seed
meal p. 79
Lyon, C. K. and G. O. Kohler. Leaf protein concentrates from leucaena
leaves p. 81
Oakes, A. Jack. Notes on a leucaena bibliography and some leucaena
pests p. 82
Olvera, E., W.G. Blue and S.H.West. Effect of acid subsoil layers on
the establishment of leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam,) de
Wit) p. 83
Yost, Russell S. Influence of VA Mycorrhizae on early growth and
Pnutrition of leucaena p. 84

Section 3. LEUCAENA SEED DEALERS p. 85

Section 4. BIBLIOGRAPHY p. 86