23 July 2015

Plenary

Reflections on land use in KwaZulu-Natal

Kelson Camp

Carbon cycling in dryland grasslands of the future: biotic and abiotic impact on litter decomposition

Heather Throop

A conceptual basis for rangeland management

Richard Fynn

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Conserving Afromontane grasslands through fire and grazing in remnant ecological networks in a timber production mosaic

Lize J van der Merwe

Response of vegetation, soil, animals and water cycle to different management regimes: Victoria Falls area, Zimbabwe

Mike Peel

(In)compatibility of scientific and holistic resource management

Kevin Kirkman

Grass, animals and people: A global dilemma

Peter Ardington

Holistic management

Wayne Knight

Savory or Unsavory: The Application of Holistic Resource Management in Mesic Grasslands of KwaZulu-Natal

Cobus Botha

A meta-analysis: Does short duration grazing work in the grasslands?

Heidi-Jayne Hawkins

Pastures I

Pasture plant breeding in South Africa: lessons from the past and future needs

Sigrun Ammann

Could 'mosaic' irrigation and strategic feeding be a better economic option than broad-scale pasture or infrastructure development for livestock production in semi-arid environments? A case study from northern Australia

Neil MacLeod

"The seasonal and annual dry matter production of Festulolium hybrids compared to Festuca spp. and Lolium spp. in the southern Cape"

Janke van der Colf

Methane yield from pregnant heifers grazing natural veld and forage sorghum as measured with a Laser Methane Detector

Marsia Grobler

Direct anthelmintic effects of feeding Lespedeza cuneata hay (leaf material) on gastrointestinal parasites in sheep: In vivo studies

Erika van Zyl

Impact of fertilisation on the chemical quality of cultivated pasture soil

Pieter Swanepoel

Pastures II

Effects of nitrogen fertilization and cutting interval on biomass yield and quality of banagrass (Hybrid Pennisetum) and guinea grass (Panicum maximum) grown as biomass crops

Sabelo Ndlazi

Yield, nutritional value and condensed tannin level changes in Lespedeza cuneata under different defoliation frequencies and intensities

Erika van Zyl

Effect of types of legume intercrop on the mineral content of native Panicum maximum (Green Panic)

Olusola Aderinola

Evaluation of grazing Jersey and Angus/Jersey nurse cows in a multiple suckling calf rearing system

Josef van Wyngaard

Pastures III

Salinity effects on germination potential of selected pasture grass species used for mine rehabilitation

Mziwanda Mangwane

The value of coated Rhodes grass seed in rehabilitation

Leana Nel

Inter- and intra-species competition as influenced by variable seeding rates and nurse crop association

Dirk Coetzee

23 July 2015

Plenary

HRM Special Session I

Pastures I

Pastures II

Pastures III