A range of Proteaceous shrubs and other nursery plants were grown in containers with soilless media and various N levels. Plants demonstrated a range of responsiveness. Supplying soilless media with Osmocote (26% N) and ...

Much agricultural research has been directed towards maximizing pasture and crop yields. This has involved the identification of factors limiting growth and the formulation of management systems which will assist swards ...

The text describe the Lake Ellesmere ecosystem with special regard to the influence of' the lake's ecology on the attitudes of the various social groups who use the lake's resources. Attitudes to the major problems of ...

Economic management requires that within the economy resources are allocated to achieve maximum efficiency in an overall attempt to promote standards of living. The objective of this study is to examine efficiency of ...

The place of lucerne (Medicago sativa) in New Zealand agriculture and the extent of its contribution to future agricultural production has been the subject of much discussion. Lynch (1967) quotes the Government Statistician ...

Computer-based techniques for assessment of irrigation water supply and demand are illustrated using a 140 x 75 km discrete element representation of the Canterbury Plain, New Zealand. A versatile soil moisture accounting ...

During the past fifteen years major, changes in the management of livestock have occurred in Southland. The area of forage crops for wintering stock has greatly decreased with the development of low cost wintering systems. ...

The objective of this investigation was to improve the knowledge on the effect of rainfall on the general dynamics and physical aspects of shallow channel flows, especially the factors which have great influence on the ...

Alpha-1-Antitrypsin (A-1-AT) is a member of the very large of serum proteins. Its name suggests its function to some extent, It moves in the alpha-1 region in zone electrophoresis at a pH of 8.6, this being the zone immediate ...

The main object of this study was to investigate the effects of predation by starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) on populations of the grass grub (Costelytra zealandica) in Canterbury, with the secondary objective of investigating the ...