Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research Volume 50, No. 1, 2011 (Special Issue)

Contents

• Requirements of future grass-based ruminant production systems in Ireland
  M. O’Donovan, E. Lewis and P. O’Kiely
  
  
• Gains in dry matter yield and herbage quality from breeding perennial ryegrass
  P.W. Wilkins and J.A. Lovatt
  
  
• Ryegrass breeding – balancing trait priorities
  A. Stewart and R. Hayes
  
  
• A theoretical and practical analysis of the optimum breeding system for perennial ryegrass
  P. Conaghan and M.D. Casler
  
  
• A review of perennial ryegrass variety evaluation in Ireland
  D. Grogan and T. J. Gilliland
  
  
• Capturing the economic benefit of Lolium perenne cultivar performance
  M. McEvoy, M. O’Donovan and L. Shalloo
  
  
• Studies into the dynamics of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) seed mixtures
  T. J. Gilliland, D. Hennessy and V. Griffith
  
  
• The economics of reseeding on a dairy farm
  L. Shalloo, P. Creighton and M. O’Donovan