New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 2007

Volume 50/Number 1/March 2007

• Nitrous oxide emissions from application of urea on New Zealand pasture J Luo, SF Ledgard, SB Lindsey p. 1
• Predicting soil water, tile drainage, and runoff in a mole-tile drained soil VO Snow, DJ Houlbrooke, NI Huth p. 13
• Estimation of the in-field variation in fertiliser application HG Lawrence, IJ Yule p. 25
• Variation of lactoferrin and lactoperoxidase in bovine milk and the impact of level of pasture intake S-A Turner, NA Thomson, MJ Auldist p. 33
• Developing variable rate application technology: modelling annual pasture production on hill country RI Murray, IJ Yule, AG Gillingham p. 41
• Developing variable rate application technology: scenario development and agronomic evaluation RI Murray, IJ Yule p. 53
• Developing variable rate application technology: economic impact for farm owners and topdressing operators RI Murray, IJ Yule p. 65
• Selection of morphological traits to improve forage characteristics of Setaria sphacelata grown in Florida L Jank, KH Quesenberry, LE Sollenberger, DS Wofford, PM Lyrene p. 73

  Volume 50/Number 2/June 2007 - Special Issue: Celebrating 50 years of publication
  

Invited papers in this issue have been sponsored by Massey University.

• Editorial JS Rowarth p. 85 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: Application of new technologies in sheep breeding HT Blair, DJ Garrick p. 89 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: Recent advances and future options for New Zealand agriculture derived from animal cloning and transgenics G Laible, DN Wells p. 103 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: The role of C4 grasses in New Zealand pastoral systems JR Crush, JS Rowarth p. 125 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: Pastoral weeds in New Zealand: status and potential solutions GW Bourdôt, SV Fowler, GR Edwards, DJ Kriticos, JM Kean, A Rahman, AJ Parsons p. 139 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: Application of new technologies in New Zealand for beef cattle and deer improvement CA Morris, JA Archer p. 163 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: Nutrient management in New Zealand pastures - recent developments and future issues. RM Monaghan, MJ Hedley, HJ Di, RW McDowell, KC Cameron, SF Ledgard p. 181 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: Issues and options for future dairy farming in New Zealand DA Clark, JR Caradus, RM Monaghan, P Sharp, BS Thorrold p. 203 (FREE ACCESS)
• Invited paper: Future options and targets for pasture plant breeding in New Zealand WM Williams, HS Easton, CS Jones p. 223(FREE ACCESS)
• Hydrological approaches to the delineation of critical-source areas of runoff MS Srinivasan, RW McDowell p. 249
• Best management practices to mitigate faecal contamination by livestock of New Zealand waters R Collins, M McLeod, M Hedley, A Donnison, M Close, J Hanly, D Horne, C Ross, R Davies-Colley, C Bagshaw, L Matthews p. 267 (FREE ACCESS)

Volume 50/Number 3/September 2007

• Interspecific hybridisation in Lolium evaluated by morphological genetic markers B Deniz, U Dogru p. 279
• Irrigating at podding and regrowth stages increases seed yield and improves pod distribution in lucerne grown in the Hexi Corridor in China ZG Guo, HX Liu, YR Wang, YK Hu, JN Yang p. 285
• The influence of maternal IGF-1 genotype on birthweight and growth rate of lambs PR Kenyon, HT Blair, BH Breier, PD Gluckman p. 291
• Identification of resistance to bluegreen aphid and spotted alfalfa aphid in Trigonella species RM Nair, SS Robinson, KA Haskard, K Dowling, JP Klingler p. 299
• Pasture responses to phosphorus and nitrogen fertilisers on East Coast hill country; total production from easy slopes AG Gillingham, JD Morton, MH Gray p. 307
• Grassland soil microbial respiration responses to urea and litter applications FM Kelliher, JR Sedcole, I Emery, LM Condron p. 321
• Quantifying the effect of thermal environment on production traits in three breeds of dairy cattle in New Zealand JR Bryant, N Lopez-Villalobos, JE Pryce, CW Holmes, DL Johnson p. 327
• Seed set and some cytological characters in different generations of autotetraploid perennial rye ( Secale montanum Guss) I Akgün, M Tosun p. 339
• Shelter and welfare of pastoral animals in New Zealand MW Fisher p. 347
• Effects of clipping on diversity and above-ground biomass associated with soil fertility on an alpine meadow in the eastern region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau W Han, Y Luo, G Du p. 361
• An evaluation approach for snow disasters in the pastoral areas of northern Xinjiang, PR China T Liang, X Liu, C Wu, ZG Guo, X Huang p. 369
• Impact of clover root weevil Sitona lepidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae on herbage yield and species composition in a ryegrass-white clover sward PJ Gerard, DL Hackell, NL Bell p. 381
• Sustainability of high-country pastures under contrasting development inputs. 9. Vegetation dynamics D Scott p. 393
• The effect of age on methane emissions from young, weaned red deer ( Cervus elaphus ) stags grazing perennial-ryegrass ( Lolium perenne )-based pasture NM Swainson, SO Hoskin, H Clark, N Lopez-Villalobos p. 407

Volume 50/Number 4/December 2007

• Evaluation of endemic leguminous forage shrubs from the Canary Islands. 1 Germplasm characterisation and forage production E Chinea, A Garcia-Ciudad, E Barquin, B Garcia-Criado p. 417
• Sexual activity and puberty in pure Awassi and crosses and backcrosses with Charollais and Romanov sheep breeds RT Kridli, AY Abdullah, MM Shaker, MK Masa'deh p. 429
• Partial replacement of corn grain with calcium salts of fatty acid in the concentrate fed to grazing primiparous and multiparous dairy cows GF Schroeder, GA Gagliostro p. 437
• Breeding system in Trifolium glanduliferum (Fabaceae) RM Nair, DM Peck, TD Rowe, IS Dundas, K Dowling p. 451
• Effects of phosphorus fertilisation and harvesting stages on forage yield and quality of narbon vetch M Turk, S Albayrak, O Yuksel p. 457
• Effects of foliar and root applied nitrogen on nitrogen uptake and movement in white clover at low temperature ML Castle, JR Crush, JS Rowarth p. 463
• Efficacy of two different types of montmorillonite to reduce the toxicity of aflatoxin in pigs YH Shi, ZR Xu, CZ Wang, Y Sun p. 473
• Water use by New Zealand dairy farms, 1997-2000 CL Flemmer, RC Flemmer p. 479
• Response of vegetation and soils to desertification of alpine meadow in the upper basin of the Yellow River, China H Wang, ZG Guo, XH Xu, TG Liang, JZ Ren p. 491
• Assessment of a technique to remove phosphorus from streamflow RW McDowell, M Hawke, JJ McIntosh p. 503
• Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by Trifolium arvense in semi-arid short tussock grasslands CC Boswell, WL Lowther, AJ Rutherford p. 511
• Effect of phosphorus, potassium and lime application on pasture in acid soil in Yunnan Province, China J Zhao, DL Michalk, Y Wen, DR Kemp, G Du, H Nicol p. 523 (FREE ACCESS)
• Biochemical properties of acid soils under native grassland in a temperate humid zone J Paz-Ferreiro, C Trasar-Cepeda, MC Leiros, S Seoane, F Gil-Sotres p. 537

  Volume 50/Number 5/December 2007

  Special Issue: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Computers and Computing Technologies in Agriculture (CCTA 2007), held in Wuyishan, China, 18-20 August 2007.

  Papers were selected and peer review arranged by the CCTA 2007 Organising Committee. All papers are FREE ACCESS.

• Foreword Daoliang Li
• Monte Carlo simulation of solar radiation in maize canopies and its visualisation Y Zhang, C Lao, B Li, Y Chen, Y Guo, X Wang, Y Ma, M Zhao p. 553
• Influence of light intensity on extracted colour feature of different mature strawberry L Xu, T Zhang p. 559
• Application of a hybrid model on short-term electricity load forecasting based on support vector machines (SVM) p. 567
• An efficient method for processing a large-scale motion database in agriculture informatisation J Xiang p. 573
• 3D motion analysis based on machine learning in agriculture informatisation J Xiang p. 583
• Research on visualisation of fruits based on deformation Lu, H Xu, W Song, G Liu p. 593
• Non-destructive estimation peach SSC and firmness by mutispectral reflectance imaging M Liu, P Fu, R Cheng p. 601
• Evaluation of learner adoption intention of e-learning in China: a methodology based on perceived innovative attributes Z Fu, J Yue, D Li, X Zhang, L Zhang, Y Gao p. 609
• An efficient algorithm for multiple sequence alignment based on ant colony optimisation and divide-and-conquer method W Liu, L Chen, J Chen p. 617
• Particle swarm optimisation based inversion and numerical simulation of permeability of oilseed cakes X Zheng, G Lin, Z Li, J Wang p. 627
• Development and modelling of soil nitrate and potassium simultaneous rapid detection system based on ion selective electrodes J Lin, M Wang, M Zhang, Y Zhang p. 635
• A hierarchical model of a FTP search engine with applications L Hu, Z Fu, X Zhang, M Zhao, L Guo, W Gong p. 641
• Analysing levels of China's agricultural domestic support with an optimising model L Zhang, D Li, W Mu, J Yue, Z Fu p. 647
• Research on a process-oriented integrated system driven by manufacturing information for the crank shaft of an agricultural diesel engine G Zhao, Q Fan, F Wang p. 655
• Fusion algorithm for multi-sensor images based on PCA and lifting wavelet transform M Li, H Mao, Y Zhang, X Wang p. 667
• Research on a safe wheat storage monitoring and prediction system Y Ji, X Ma, L Xi, H Yu, H Zhang, Y Che p. 673
• Remote sensing analyses of spatio-temporal changes of the ecological environment in the lower reaches of the Tarim River Z Yan, Q Huang, H Tian, X Jin p. 679
• Application of a biosensor for super sensitive detector of clenbuterol C Chen, X Li p. 689
• A novel bacteria recognition method based on microscopic image analysis X Li, C Chen p. 697
• Numerical study on flow property in dentate path of drip emitters D Yan, P Yang, S Ren, Y Li, T Xu p. 705
• Exploration on Digital Water Conservancy Y Liang, J Liu, X Lin, C Zhang, Y Li, M Ma p. 713
• Field pest identification by an improved Gabor texture segmentation scheme J Zhao, X-P Cheng p. 719
• A practical web-based tracking and traceability information system for the pork products supply chain BH Xiong, QY Luo, L Yang, RT Fu, ZH Lin p. 725
• Evaluation of variable-rate nitrogen recommendation of winter wheat based on SPAD chlorophyll meter measurement C Zhao, A Jiang, W Huang, K Liu, L Liu, J Wang p. 735
• Application of a support vector machine to HACCP in the animal meat industry K Wang, C Zhao, FT Zhang, XJ Wang, H Chen, YF Yao p. 743
• Study on the method for evaluation on rural informatisation in China S Liu p. 749
• Study of ecological capacity change and quantitative analysis of ecological compensation in a natural reserve based on RS and GIS Cai H, X Zhang, D Zhu p. 757
• Application of comparative genomics in chicken gene mapping Y Tian, L Lu, Y Fu, D Wang, G Li, A Yuan, Q Yuan, J Zhao p. 767
• Improved two-grade delayed particle swarm optimisation (TGDPSO) for inventory facility location for perishable food distribution centres in Beijing W Gong, D Li, X Liu, Z Fu, J Yue p. 771
• A model for image categorisation based on a biological visual mechanism D He, J Shao, N Gen, Q Yang p. 781
• Multifractal analysis of soil structure under long-term wastewater irrigation based on digital image technology X Guan, P Yang, S Ren, Y Li p. 789
• AgriInfo: an agricultural information system based on a call centre in China W Gao, Z Fu, D Li, L You, J Zhang, X Zhang p. 797
• Integrating GIS and GPS to realise autonomous navigation of farm machinery X Meng, G Liu p. 807
• ARGIS: an Agricultural Resource Geographic Information System for site-specific management of reclaimable saline soils HY Li, Z Shi, JL Cheng p. 813
• Monitoring and analysis of electrical signals in water-stressed plants C Wang, L Huang, Z-Y Wang, X-J Qiao p. 823
• Study on spatial autocorrelation in China's animal feed industry X Zhang, Y Zhang, H Chen, J Yang, W Wang p. 831
• Simulation of effects of agricultural activities on groundwater level by combining FEFLOW and GIS ZL Huo, SY Feng, SZ Kang, SJ Cen, Y Ma p. 839
• Real-time plant image segmentation algorithm under natural outdoor light conditions R Ji, Z Fu, L Qi p. 847
• Integration of an environment information acquisition system with a greenhouse management expert system Y Hu p. 855
• Research on embedding and extracting methods for digital watermarks applied to QR code images M Sun p. 861
• A WordNet-driven approach to vegetable supply chain domain concepts acquisition J Yue, D Li, L Zhang, W Gong, Z Fu p. 869
• Design and implementation of a GPS-based field survey system for land consolidation and rehabilitation projects W Jia, J Liu, L Yu, X Yan, X Zhang, J Lv, Q Zhao, M Wang p. 879
• Study on a fish disease case reasoning system based on image retrieval D Lou, M Chen, J Ye p. 887
• Application of a spatial-temporal data model based on Graph Theory for the Field Parcel Updating Geographical Information System (FPUGIS) L Yang, L Peng, L Zhang, L Zhang p. 895
• Modelling three-dimensional architecture of pine tree ( Pinus sylvestris Linn. var. mongolica Litv.) in semiarid area F Wang, Y Guo, Q Lu, X Bai, H Han, B Li p. 903
• Traceability and IT: implications for the future international competitiveness and structure of China's vegetable sector Z Fu p. 911
• Soil pore visualisation using 3D Koch curves C Zhao, G Wang, X Guo, C Li, S Lu, X Du, R Hao p. 919
• Study of an onboard information platform for a grain combine harvester F Kang, SM Wang, QY Zhu, Y Tan p. 927
• A non-destructive and real-time method of monitoring leaf nitrogen status in wheat X Yao, W Feng, Y Zhu, YC Tian, WX Cao p. 935
• Study on the procedure and approach for regional ecological risk regionalisation J Yang, Y Cai, W Xiang, J Zhao p. 943
• Research and application of PowerCMS middleware in information updating of agricultural e-commerce Y Liu, J-W Yue, J Li, H-C Cai , M Qin, J Xu, K Zhu, C Peng p. 951
• Design optimisation and simulation of structure parameters of an eggplant picking robot J Song, X Sun, T Zhang, B Zhang, L Xu p. 959
• Distributed heterogeneous forest resource data management and service architecture research P Yan, X Zhang, J Fan, S Li p. 965
• Simulating and forecasting soil-salinisation evolution: a case study on Changling County, Jilin province, China X Shi, Y Chen, J Yue, J Li, P Cheng p. 975
• A study of the AMID (Agricultural Machinery Information Dissemination) scheme in China M Yang, B Chen, J Ren, A Xi p. 983
• Cucumber image segmentation algorithm based on rough set theory Q-H Yang, L-Y Qi, G-J Bao, F Gao, L-B Zhang p. 989
• A new method based on remote sensing observations and data assimilation for estimation of evapotranspiration over field crops J Qin, R Liu, S Liang, H Zhang, B Hu p. 997
• Studies on models of ecological capital assessment and measurement based on remote sensing technology in Inner Mongolia A Gong, Y Chen, J Li, J Xu p. 1005
• A multi-crop identification model based on stepwise removal learning - support vector machine using remote sensing images Q An, B Yang p. 1013
• A hybrid genetic algorithm for unconstrained global numerical optimisation Y-A Tan, L-N Xing, Y-J Gu, X-L Zhang p. 1021
• Using hyperspectral indices to estimate foliar chlorophyll a concentrations of winter wheat under yellow rust stress J Li, J Jiang, Y Chen, Y Wang, W Su, W Huang p. 1031
• Forest fire risk assessment combining remote sensing and meteorological information Y Chen, J Li, G Peng p. 1037
• An online agricultural product transaction system W Gao, Y Ping, X Chen, H Yang, W Liu, W Lu, L Yu, G Zhang, X Jiang p. 1045
• Non-destructive measurement of pear internal quality indices by visible and near-infrared spectrometric techniques Y-D Liu, X-M Chen, X-D Sun, Y-B Ying p. 1051
• Improvement and experiment on laser-controlled land levelling system Z Yang, Q Lv, G Liu p. 1059
• A robust approach to obtain a guidance directrix for a vision-based agricultural vehicle guidance system W Shen, G Liu p. 1067
• Applying a GIS-based model to collect information on agricultural land-use change in Beijing X Cui, X Zhang, D Zhu, F niu, X Zhang p. 1073
• Study and design for comprehensive information management system for small town water supplies W Gao, B Yang, W Liu, W Lu, Q An, X Chen, B Lan, G Zhang p. 1083
• Study and design of an agricultural SMS system based on a GSM modem G Zhang, W Gao, X Wang, X Jiang, Y Ping, H Yang p. 1089
• Change of soil organic matter as affected by household land use based on 3S technology in urban fringes of north China J Qin, X Kong, F Zhang, Y Miao, L Liu p. 1093
• Apple maturity discrimination and positioning system in apple harvesting robot Z Liu, G Liu p. 1103
• Study on a harvester navigation and yield analysis system Y Yuan, X Zhang, X Hu p. 1115
• Integration of classifiers for improvement of vegetation category identification accuracy based on image objects X Zhang, X Feng, K Wang p. 1125
• Evaluation of cassava planting potential with remote sensing and GIS Zhang C, X Zhang, J Yang, H Li, D Zhu, W Zhu p. 1135
• Accuracy and uncertainty of spatial patterns of soil organic matter X Chai, Y Huang, X Yuan p. 1141
• Differentiating wheat varieties with different leaf angle distributions using NDVI and canopy cover Y Lu, S Li, J Wang, CL Jones, R Xie, Z Wang p. 1149
• Temporal and spatial variability of soil organic matter in a county scale agricultural ecosystem X Yuan, X Chai, R Gao, Y He, H Jin, Y Huang p. 1157
• Hyperspectral extraction of soil organic matter content based on principal component regression Y Lu, Y Bai, L Yang, H Wang p. 1169
• Measurement and simulation of bi-directional reflectance on three zonal soils in the south-east of China JL Cheng, Z Shi, HY Li p. 1177
• Assessment of ambient air quality in coal mine waste areas-a case study in Fuxin, China Y Chen, Y Jiang, H Wang, D Li p. 1187
• A web-GIS based support system for rural land consolidation in China J Dou, Y Chen, Y Jiang, J Wang, D Li, F Zhang p. 1195
• A decision support system for evaluation of the ecological benefits of rehabilitation of coal mine waste areas Y Chen, Y Jiang, D Li p. 1205
• Evaluating factors affecting the adoption of mobile commerce in agriculture: an empirical study Y Li, ZT Fu, H Li p. 1213
• Electronic-nose technique: potential for monitoring maturity and shelf life of tomatoes J Wang, Y Zhou p. 1219
• GREENLAB-tomato: a 3D architectural model of tomato development QX Dong, YM Wang, LL Yang p. 1229
• Land-use change and cropland loss in the Zhejiang coastal region of China H Ding, G Wang, R Wang p. 1235
• Vegetation index analysis of multi-source remote sensing data in coal mine wasteland Y Han, M Li, D Li p. 1243
• Application of a spatial fuzzy clustering algorithm in precision fertilisation G-F Chen, L-Y Cao, G-W Wang, B-C Wan, D-Y Liu, S-S Wang p. 1249
• Innovation in agricultural digital library services based on Web 2.0 B Wang, J Zhu, R Xu, Q Luo, Q Liu p. 1255
• Early warning model for cucumber downy mildew in unheated greenhouses X Yang, M Li, C Zhao, Z Zhang, Y Hou p. 1261
• A traceability system for beef products based on radio frequency identification technology in China C Sun, Z Ji, X Yang, X Han, Z Wang p. 1269
• A backward propagation neural network for predicting daily transpiration of poplar M Yan, P Yang, S Ren, Y Luo, T Xu p. 1277
• Tracking motile algal cells with a deformable model C Wen, P Wang, W Li, J Zhao, R Li p. 1285
• Recognition of greenhouse cucumber fruit using computer vision L Zhang, Q Yang, Y Xun, X Chen, Y Ren, T Yuan, Y Tan, W Li p. 1293
• Accelerating internet adoption in China's fresh produce supply chain: a VEGNET approach Y Duan, X Xu, X Liu, K Zografos, B Bemeleit p. 1299
• Measuring ICT-based agricultural knowledge transfer under a sender advantage asymmetric information structure WZ Feng, YQ Duan, B Mathews, Z Fu p. 1307
• A conceptual development of a hypermedia-enabled agricultural expert system WZ Feng, J Zhang, DL Li p. 1315
• Progressive transmission of vector data in a distributed agricultural information system J Yang, X Zhang, Y Fan, D Zhu p. 1323
• Web-based rural power monitoring system Q Duan, R Yang, Y Zhao p. 1331
• Agriculture and forestry economy decision support system based on agent Y Zhu, J Zhang, S Li, L Xue, S Liu, Y Xue p. 1339
• Mechanism and bio-environmental controls of ecosystem respiration in a cropland in the North China Plains X Tong, J Li, X Zhang, Q Yu, Z Qin, Z Zhu p. 1347
• A structural model for analysis of fruit supply and demand applied to grapes in China W Mu, X Zhang, L Zhang, Z Fu p. 1359
• Crop-edge detection based on machine vision L Zhang, SM Wang , BQ Chen, HX Zhang p. 1367
• Algorithm for mining association rules with multiple minimum supports based on FP-Tree C Zhao, H Wu, X Sun, B Yang p. 1375
• Approach to ontology construction based on text mining Q Wang, L Tao, L Zhu p. 1383
• Agricultural remote monitoring systems based on web-server-embedded technology and CDMA service D He, Y Bai, P Yang p. 1393
• A forestation planning expert decision advisory system B Wu, Q Ding, L Wang p. 1399

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