Agricultural Systems

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Volume 52, issue 4, 1996

Recent improvements in the energy efficiency of agriculture: Case studies from Ontario, Canada pp. 399-418

Clarence J. Swanton, Stephen D. Murphy, David J. Hume and David R. Clements

Adaptation of a crop-growth model and its extension by a tuber size function for use in a seed potato forecasting system pp. 419-437

Thomas Nemecek, Jacques O. Derron, Olivier Roth and Andreas Fischlin

Crop-livestock competition in the West African derived savanna: Application of a multi-objective programming model pp. 439-453

Victor Okoruwa, Mohammad Jabbar and J. A. Akinwumi

Potential impacts of climate change on citrus and potato production in the US pp. 455-479

Cynthia Rosenzweig, Jennifer Phillips, Richard Goldberg, John Carroll and Tom Hodges

Sensitivity of the US corn belt to climate change and elevated CO2: I. Corn and soybean yields pp. 481-502

Donald L. Phillips, Jeffrey J. Lee and Rusty F. Dodson

Sensitivity of the US corn belt to climate change and elevated CO2: II. Soil erosion and organic carbon pp. 503-521

Jeffrey J. Lee, Donald L. Phillips and Rusty F. Dodson

Agricultural research alternatives: William Lockeretz and Molly D. Anderson. University of Nebraska Press, 1993. 239 pp. Price: [pound sign]28[middle dot]50 (hardback). ISBN 0 8032 2901 1 pp. 523-524

Philip Thornton

Environmental modeling with GIS: Edited by Michael F. Goodchild, Bradley O. Parks and Louis T. Steyaert. Oxford University Press, New York, 1993. 488 pp. Price: $65[middle dot]00 (hardback). ISBN 0 19 508007 6 pp. 524-525

Walter Bowen

Blueprint 3 -- Measuring sustainable development: David Pearce. Earthscan Publications, London, 1993. 224 pp. Price: [pound sign]9[middle dot]95 (paperback). ISBN 1 85383 183 2 pp. 525-526

Jean Walsingham

Technologies for sustainable agriculture in the tropics: Edited by J. Ragland and R. Lal. American Society of Agronomy Inc., Crop Science Society of America Inc., and Soil Science Society of America Inc., Madison, Wisconsin, USA. ASA Special Publication Number 56, 1993. 313 pp. Price: $33[middle dot]00 (paperback). ISBN 0 89118 118 0 pp. 527-528

Tahir Rehman

Volume 52, issue 2-3, 1996

Nutrient cycling in integrated rangeland/cropland systems of the Sahel pp. 143-170

J. M. Powell, S. Fernandez-Rivera, P. Hiernaux and M. D. Turner

The `School of de Wit' crop growth simulation models: A pedigree and historical overview pp. 171-198

B. A. M. Bouman, H. van Keulen, H. H. van Laar and R. Rabbinge

Forage management in dairy farms: A methodological approach pp. 199-212

Ph. Fleury, Brigitte Dubeuf and B. Jeannin

Simulating the impact of global warming on milk and forage production in Scotland: 1. The effects on dry-matter yield of grass and grass-white clover swards pp. 213-242

Cairistiona F. E. Topp and Christopher J. Doyle

Simulating the impact of global warming on milk and forage production in Scotland: 2. The effects on milk yields and grazing management of dairy herds pp. 243-270

Cairistiona F. E. Topp and Christopher J. Doyle

Measuring the productivity of grazing and foraging livestock pp. 271-291

A. D. James and A. B. Carles

Analysis of deterministic simulation model performance using non-replicated factorial two-level experiments pp. 293-315

Gene L. Stevens, Jeffrey L. Willers, Ronaldo A. Sequeira and Patrick D. Gerard

Evaluation and adoption of irrigation technologies. I. Management-design curves for furrow and level basin systems pp. 317-329

Francisco L. Santos

Indirect estimation of soil hydraulic properties to predict soybean yield using GLYCIM pp. 331-353

D. J. Timlin, Ya. A. Pachepsky, B. Acock and F. Whisler

Some issues in the design of agricultural decision support systems pp. 355-381

P. G. Cox

Modelling concepts for the phenotypic plasticity of dry matter and nitrogen partitioning in rice pp. 383-397

Michael Dingkuhn

Volume 52, issue 1, 1996

A simulation model of the wheat crop in response to water and nitrogen supply: I. Model construction pp. 1-29

Garry J. O'Leary and David J. Connor

A simulation model of the wheat crop in response to water and nitrogen supply: II. Model validation pp. 31-55

Garry J. O'Leary and David J. Connor

LUPINMOD: A simulation model for the white lupin crop pp. 57-82

E. J. Fernandez, L. Lopez-Bellido, M. Fuentes and J. Fernandez

An integrated simulation model for a semi-arid agroecosystem in the Loess Plateau of northwestern China pp. 83-111

Hsin-i Wu, W. Michael Childress, Yang Li, Richard D. Spence and Jizhou Ren

A structured workshop approach for problem analysis and solution finding: An example using the problems of barley yellow dwarf virus in the UK pp. 113-131

J. D. Knight, G. M. Tatchell and G. A. Norton

Environmental information management and analysis: Ecosystem to glogal scales: Edited by W. K. Michener, J. W. Brunt and S. G. Stafford. Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, 1994. 555 pp. Price: US$99.00 (hardback). ISBN 0 7484 0123 7 pp. 133-134

Jetse Stoorvogel

Family agriculture: Tradition and transformation: D. G. Francis. Earthscan Publications, London, 1994. 224 pp. Price [pound sign]12.95 (paperback). ISBN 185383 199 9 pp. 134-137

Louise O. Fresco

Soil resilience and sustainable land use: Edited by D. J. Greenland and I. Szabolcs. CAB International, Wallingford, 1994. 581 pp. Price: [pound sign]60, US$ 99.50. ISBN 0 85198 871 7 pp. 137-138

Malcolm Douglas

Climate change and agriculture: Analysis of potential international impacts: Edited by C. Rosenzweig, L. H. Allen Jr, L. A. Harper, S. E. Hollinger and J. W. Jones. ASA Special Publication Number 59, American Society of Agronomy, Inc., Madison, WI, 1995. 382 pp. Price: US$ 37.40 (paperback, including foreign postage). ISBN 0 89118 126 1 pp. 138-140

Zsuzsanna Bacsi

State of the world 1995: Lester R. Brown and others. Worldwatch Institute, New York, 1995. 255 pp. Price: US$11.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 393 31261 5 pp. 141-142

Bernard H. Byrnes

Volume 51, issue 4, 1996

Modelling diurnal patterns of air temperature, radiation wind speed and relative humidity by equations from daily characteristics pp. 377-393

J. E. Ephrath, J. Goudriaan and A. Marani

Simulation of alternative agricultural marketing systems pp. 395-406

Darrell W. Donahue, Robert S. Sowell and Neal M. Bengtson

A model of household decisions in dryland agropastoral systems pp. 407-430

E. J. Milner-Gulland, Ruth Mace and Ian Scoones

A generic model for keeping quality of vegetable produce during storage and distribution pp. 431-452

L. M. M. Tijskens and J. J. Polderdijk

The effect of animal traction on labour productivity and food self-sufficiency: The case of mali pp. 453-467

Curtis M. Jolly and Millie Gadbois

Modelling diversity, change and uncertainty in peasant agriculture in northern Malawi pp. 469-486

Andrew Dorward

Opportunities, use and transfer of systems research methods in agriculture to developing countries: Edited by Peter Goldsworthy and Frits Penning de Vries. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1994. 366 pp. Price: US$153[middle dot]50, Dfl 240, [pound sign]101 (hardback; available in paperback). ISBN 0 7923 3206 7 pp. 487-489

Dennis K. Friesen

Dryland forestry. Planning and management: P. F. Ffolliot, K. N. Brooks, H. M. Gregersen and A. L. Lundgren. John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA, 1995. 453 pp. Price: US$95 (hardback). ISBN 0 471 54800 6 pp. 489-490

Stephen Dury

The biological management of tropical soil fertility: Edited by P. L. Woomer and M. J. Swift. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK. 243 pp. Price [pound sign]60.00 (hardback). ISBN 0 471 95095 5 pp. 491-493

Debbie T. Hellums

Crop production and crop protection: Estimated losses in major food and cash crops: E.-C. Oerke, H.-W. Dehne, F. Schonbeck, and A. Weber. Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, 1994. 808 pp. Price: Dfl 290, US$ 165.75 (hardback). ISBN 0 444 82095 7 pp. 493-495

J. C. Zadoks

Dynamic modeling: Bruce Hannon and Matthias Ruth. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994. 248 pp. Price: US$ 59.95 (hardback + two diskettes). ISBN 0 387 94287 4 pp. 495-496

Gerrit Hoogenboom

The emergence of agriculture: Bruce D. Smith. Scientific American Library, distributed by W. H. Freeman & Co. Ltd, New York and Oxford, 1995. 231 pp. Price: [pound sign]19.95, US$ 32.95 (hardback). ISBN 0 7167 5055 4 pp. 496-497

Philip Thornton

Regenerating agriculture: Policies and practice for sustainability and self-reliance: Jules N. Pretty. Earthscan Publications, London, 1995. 320 pp. Price: [pound sign]12.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 85383 198 pp. 497-500

Dennis H. Parish

Population, economic development and the environment: Edited by Kerstin Lindahl Kiessling and Hans Landberg. Oxford University Press, 1994. 284 pp. Price: $29.95 (hardback). ISBN 0 19 82950 2 pp. 500-500

Carlos A. Baanante

Volume 51, issue 3, 1996

Multidisciplinary research for natural resource management: Conceptual and practical implications pp. 259-279

Willem Janssen and Peter Goldsworthy

Economic evaluation of strategies for management of herbicide resistance pp. 281-298

Russell Gorddard, David Pannell and Greg Hertzler

Revitalising growth in Papua New Guinea's agricultural sector pp. 299-316

John Asafu-Adjaye

A development planning model for deer farming pp. 317-337

J. J. Glen

Application of a systems approach to problem analysis of African animal trypanosomiasis in the Gambia pp. 339-356

W. F. Snow, G. A. Norton and P. Rawlings

Management of water use in agriculture: Edited by Kenneth K. Tanji and Bruno Yaron. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1994. 320 pp. Price: DM 228 (hardback). ISBN 3-540-57309-7 pp. 357-358

James E. Hook

The future of the land: Mobilising and integrating knowledge for land use options: Edited by Louise O. Fresco, Leo Stroosnijder, Johan Bouma & Herman van Keulen. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 1994. 409 pp. Price: [pound sign]65 or US$104 (hardback). ISBN 0 471 95017 3 pp. 358-359

Philip Thornton

Modelling crop-weed interactions: M. J. Kropff and H. H. van Laar. CAB International, in association with the International Rice Research Institute, 1993. 274 pp. Price: [pound sign]35 or US$66.50. ISBN 0 85198 7451 (CABI), ISBN 971 220038 8 (IRRI) pp. 360-361

Albert Fischer

Statistics and experimental design: an introduction for biologists and biochemists: 3rd edition. G. M. Clarke. London: Edward Arnold, 1994. 208 pp. Price: US$24.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 340 593245 pp. 361-363

S. R. Harrison

Agricultural price analysis and forecasting: J. W. Goodwin. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1994. 344 pp. Price: US$ 52.95. ISBN 0 471 30447 6 pp. 363-364

J. W. Hansen

Farmer participatory research -- Rhetoric and reality: C. Okali, J. Sumberg and J. Farrington. Overseas Development Institute, 1994, available through Intermediate Technology Publications, London. 159 pp. Price: [pound sign]8.95 or US$17.50 (paperback). ISBN 1 85339 252 9 pp. 364-367

Ann Stroud

Rice blast disease: Edited by R. S. Zeigler, S. A. Leong and P. S. Teng. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, in association with the International Rice Research Institute, Los Banos, Philippines, 1994. 626 pp. Price: US$135 (hardback). ISBN 0 85198 935 7 pp. 367-369

E. -C. Oerke

Plant production on the threshold of a new century: Edited by P. C. Struik, W. J. Vredenberg, J. A. Renkema and J. E. Parlevliet. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994. 501 pp. ISBN 0 7923 2903 1. Price: [pound sign]120 or US$177 (hardback) pp. 369-370

S. Humphries

Greenhouse climate control -- An integrated approach: Edited by J. C. Bakker, G. P. A. Bot, H. Challa and N. J. Van de Braak. Wageningen Pers, The Netherlands, 1995. 279 pp. ISBN 90 74134 17 3. Price: NLG 199 (paperback) pp. 370-372

Dave Mears

Merinos, money and management: Edited by F. H. W Morley. University of Sydney, Post-Graduate Committee in Veterinary Science (not dated). xvi + 422 pp. ISBN 1 875582 41X. Price: A$52 (cloth) pp. 372-374

R. C. Roberts

Rural and farming systems analysis: European perspectives: Edited by J. B. Dent and M. J. McGregor. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 1994, 361 pp. ISBN 0 85198 9144. Price: [pound sign]49.95 or US$85 (hardback) pp. 374-375

Thomas P. Thompson

Volume 51, issue 2, 1996

Validation of the soil-temperature model of GOSSYM-COMAX pp. 131-146

F. Khorsandi and F. D. Whisler

Simulation of durum wheat (Triticum turgidum ssp. durum) growth under different water and nitrogen regimes in a mediterranean environment using CropSyst pp. 147-163

M. Pala, C. O. Stockle and H. C. Harris

A simulation and optimization approach for evaluating irrigation information pp. 165-183

J. H. F. Botes, Darrell Bosch and L. K. Oosthuizen

A systems framework for characterizing farm sustainability pp. 185-201

J. W. Hansen and J. W. Jones

Economics of alternative systems for producing wheat and lentils in Jordan pp. 203-214

Amer S. Jabarin and Francis Epplin

State-Transition modelling of classical swine fever to evaluate national identification and recording systems -- General aspects and model description pp. 215-236

H. W. Saatkamp, R. B. M. Huirne, R. Geers, A. A. Dijkhuizen, J. P. T. M. Noordhuizen and V. Goedseels

Goat production systems in the humid tropics: Edited by A. O. Ayeni and H. G. Bosman. Wageningen: PUDOC Scientific Publishers, The Netherlands, 1993. 239 pp. Price: US$ 96 (hardback). ISBN 90 220 1078 3 pp. 237-238

Alan Mowlem

Range ecology at disequilibrium: New models of natural variability and pastoral adaption in African savannas: Edited by R. H. Behnke Jr, I. Scoones and C. Kerven. London, UK: Overseas Development Institute, 1993. 248 pp. Price: [pound sign]19.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 85003 195 8 pp. 238-239

J. D. H. Keatinge

Too many people, too little land: The human ecology of a wet rice-growing village in the red river delta of Vietnam: Edited by Le Trong Cuc, A. Terry Rambo and Kathleen Gillogly. Honolulu, Hawaii: East-West Center, 1993. 207 pp. Price: US$ 5.00 (paperback). ISBN 0 86638 157 0 pp. 239-242

R. S. Zeigler

Statistical analysis of regional yield trials: AMMI analysis of factorial designs: H. G. Gauch. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, 1992. 278 pp. Price: US$ 175 or Dfl 280 (hardback). ISBN 444 89240 0 pp. 242-244

Richard Coe

Agriculture in dry lands -- Principles and practice. Developments in agricultural and managed-forest ecology: I. Arnon. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, 1992. 979 pp. Price: US$ 394 (hardback). ISBN 0 444 88912 4 pp. 244-246

Robin S. Jessop

An introduction to agroforestry: P. K. Ramachandra Nair. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers (in cooperation with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry), 1993. pp. 499. Price: US$ 175, [pound sign]123.50 (hardback). ISBN 0 7923 2134 0 pp. 246-248

Peter Huxley

Physics of climate: J. P. Peixoto and A. H. Oort. New York, USA: American Institute of Physics, 1992. 520 pp. Price: US$ 45.00 (paperback). ISBN 0 88318 712 4 pp. 248-250

Nigel Pickering

Soil biota, nutrient cycling, and farming systems: Edited by M. G. Paoletti, W. Foissner and D. Coleman. Boca Raton, Florida, USA: Lewis Publishers. 314 pp. Price: US$ 35.00. ISBN 0 87371 919 0 pp. 250-252

Debbie T. Hellums

Pasture Management: Edited by D. R. Kemp and D. L. Michalk. Canberra, Australia: CSIRO, 1994. 192 pp. Price: A$ 50.00 (paperback), US$ 50 overseas. ISBN 0 6430 5425 1 pp. 252-253

JoseI. Sanz

On systems analysis and simulation of ecological processes: with examples in CSMP and FORTRAN: Edited by P. A. Leffelaar. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993. 294 pp. Price: US$ 113.00 (hardback). ISBN 0 7923 2434 X pp. 253-255

Peter Carberry

Volume 51, issue 1, 1996

Whole farm simulation analysis of economic impacts of East Coast Fever immunication strategies on mixed crop-livestock farms in Kenya pp. 1-27

Hezron O. Nyangito, James Richardson, Adrian W. Mukhebi, Peter Zimmel, Jerry Namken and Brian P. Berry

Environmental farm accounting: The case of the dutch nutrients accounting system pp. 29-40

J. A. Breembroek, B. Koole, K. J. Poppe and Ada Wossink

The application of embryo transfer in herd improvement for small-scale milk production systems in south-east Brazil pp. 41-84

N. R. Brockington and M. L. Martinez

Comparing productivity of millet-based cropping systems in unstable environments of the Sahel: possibilities and challenges pp. 85-95

J. Baidu-Forson and C. Renard

Assessing planting opportunities in semiarid subtropical environments pp. 97-112

R. L. Vanderlip, G. L. Hammer and R. C. Muchow

More people, less erosion: Environmental recovery in Kenya: Mary Tiffen, Michael Mortimore and Francis Gichuki. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1994. 311 pp. Price: [pound sign]22.50. ISBN 0 471 94143 3 pp. 113-115

Henry Ssali

Plantmod 2.1, exploring the physiology of plant communities: I. R. Johnson. Greenhat Software, Armidale, Australia, 1994. 135 pp. plus software. Price: US$ 230. ISBN 0 646 17590 4 pp. 115-117

Graham Russell

The conditions of agricultural growth: the economics of agrarian change under population pressure: Ester Boserup. Earthscan Publications Ltd, London, 1993 (first published in 1965). 124 pp. Price: [pound sign]10.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 85383 159 X pp. 117-120

Paul Heisey

Women, the environment and sustainable development: Towards a theoretical synthesis: Rosi Braidotti, Ewa Charkiewicz, Sabine Hauasler and Saskia Wierings. Zed Books in association with INSTRAW, London, 1994. 220 pp. Price: [pound sign]12.95, US$ 19.95 (paperback). ISBN 1 85649 184 6 pp. 120-122

Ruth Gasson

Food for the future: Conditions and contradictions of sustainability: Patricia Allen. John Wiley and Sons, New York, USA, 1993. 328 pp. Price: US$ 45.95 (paperback). ISBN 0 471 58082 1 pp. 123-124

Thomas P. Thompson

Agricultural dimensions of global climate change: Edited by Harry M. Kaiser and Thomas E. Drennen. St. Lucie Press Inc., Delray Beach, Florida, USA, 1993. 311 pp. Price: US$ 59.95 (hardcover). ISBN 0 9634030 3 6 pp. 124-125

Gerrit Hoogenboom

Origin of land plants: L. E. Graham. J. Wiley and Sons, New York, 1993. 287 pp. Price: [pound sign]74 (hardback). ISBN 0 471 61527 7 pp. 126-125

Ken Giller

Total information systems management -- A European approach: Hubert Osterle, Walter Brenner and Konrad Hilbers. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, England, 1993. Price: [pound sign]24.95 (hardback). ISBN 0 471 93932 3 pp. 126-128

Neil A. Chalmers

Ground water vulnerability assessment. Predicting relative contamination potential under conditions of uncertainty: National Research Council. National Academy Press, 1993. 204 pp. Price US$ 34.95, US$ 42.00 export (hardback). ISBN 0 309 04799 4 pp. 128-130

Gareth Edwards-Jones