THE EFFECT OF WHITE CLOVER AND NITROGENOUS FERTILIZER ON THE PRODUCTION OF A SWARD

Three-year leys of cocksfoot/white clover and cocksfoot alone were dressed with 0, 35, 105 and 210 lb N per acre every year to provide information on the effect of clover and N on production.
Data from the grass-alone swards allowed an estimate to be made of the effect of N on production at different cutting dates. This was compared with the effect of clover.
The effect of N was greater than that of clover in the mid- and late-season cuts. Clover made its greatest contribution, both directly and indirectly, at the first cut, taken in May.
Under very dry conditions (1959), N was more effective than clover in maintaining production and the proportional response was large in relation to that produced under moist conditions.
The results are discussed with reference to the present seasonal use of N on grassland and an argument is advanced for increasing its use in mid-season.     

THE EFFECT OF METHOD OF SOWING ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GRASS SEED CROPS

Methods used by growers to establish seed crops of perennial ryegrass, cocksfoot, timothy and meadow fescue have been examined. While satisfactory establishments were obtained by sowing perennial ryegrass broadcast, cocksfoot, timothy and meadow fescue should be sown in rows, especially if they are to be sown under a cover crop.     

THE EFFECT OF STOCKING DENSITY ON THE PRODUCTIVITY OF YEARLING FEMALE SHEEP

The effect of stocking density on the productivity of yearling female sheep was studied over the 1960 grazing season. The cumulative effect on pasture productivity of previous differences in grazing pressure was eliminated by re-randomization of the pasture after each grazing cycle. Stocking densities from 12 to 30 sheep/acre/unit of time were imposed from March to September, followed by 7 months on a common treatment to measure subsequent effects on animal fertility. Correlations were found between stocking density and (a) liveweight gains, (b) loss of weight in fasting, (c) quality and quantity of herbage residues at the end of the last grazing cycle. Subsequent animal fertility was not measurably affected.     

Unsprouted potato tubers treated with gibberellic acid (GA3)

Summary Tubers (still unsprouted after an eight months' storage period) of the late varietyLibertas with slow growth in youth and few stems were treated with gibberellic acid (GA₃) in 1958 and 1959. Two sprayings gave similar results as dipping for 15 minutes. 25 ppm probably had more effect than 12,5 ppm. During both years the treatment resulted in more and longer sprouts and more stems, although the number of stems is usually less than the number of sprouts. Emergence was not accelerated and in both years yields tended to be lower. In 1958 all yields reached a high level, treatment gave a non-significant lower yield, but there was a greater number of tubers especially in the 25–40 mm seed-class. In 1959 the size and the number of tubers were affected by second growth owing to the unusually dry summer with short spells of rainy weather. In this year presprouted tubers emerged 10 days earlier than treated and non treated, unsprouted seed, which for a long period gave the crop a lead in haulm growth and even a permanent lead in tuber yield.

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Zusammenfassung Von der sp?ten SorteLibertas, die in ihrer Jugend ein langsames Wachstum zeigt und wenig Stengel entwickelt, wurden ungekeimte Knollen (nach 8-monatiger Lagerung) in den Jahren 1958 und 1959 mit Gibberellins?ure (GA₃) behandelt. Eine zweimalige Spritzung ergab zumindest ?hnliche Ergebnisse wie das Eintauchen w?hrend 15 Minuten. 25 ppm hat wahrscheinlich eine bessere Wirkung, wie 12,5 ppm. In beiden Jahren ergab die Behandlung mehr und l?ngere Keime sowie mehr Stengel, obzwar die Anzahl der Stengel gew?hnlich nicht so hoch ist, wie die Anzahl der Keime. Es zeigte sich keine Beschleunigung des Auflaufens, jedoch eine Tendenz für einen geringeren Ertrag in beiden Jahren. In 1958 waren alle Ertr?ge hoch und die Behandlung ergab eine nicht signifikante Ertragsverminderung, jedoch eine gr?ssere Knollenzahl (insbesondere in der Saat-Gr?ssenklasse, 25–40 mm). In 1959 war die Gr?sse und die Anzahl der Knollen infolge des ungew?hnlich trockenen Sommers mit kurzen Regenperioden durch Mehrwüchsigkeit beeintr?chtigt. In diesem Jahr sind die vorgekeimten Knollen um 10 Tage früher aufgelaufen, was den Pflanzen im Vergleich zu den behandelten und nicht behandelten ungekeimten Pflanzgut einen l?ngeren Vorsprung im Krautwuchs und einen dauerhaften Vorsprung in der Knollenbildung gab.

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Résumé Des tubercules non germés (après stockage pendant huit mois) de la variété tardiveLibertas, à lente croissance de début et à petit nombre de tiges, ont été traités à l'acide gibberellique (GA₃) en 1958 et en 1959. Deux pulvérisations donnaient des résultats au moins égaux à ceux d'une immersion de 15 minutes. La concentration de 25 millionièmes est probablement plus efficace que celle de 12,5 millionièmes. L'une et l'autre année, les tubercules traités avaient des germes plus nombreux et plus longs et un plus grand nombre de tiges, bien que le nombre de tiges ne soit généralement pas aussi grand que le nombre de germes. La levée ne fut pas accélérée et il se manifesta une tendance de diminution du rendement. En 1958, toutes les récoltes furent bonnes, le traitement entra?nant une diminution non significante de la récolte mais faisant augmenter le nombre de tubercules (particulièrement dans la catégorie de semenceaux de 25–40 mm). En 1959, la grosseur et le nombre des tubercules furent influencés par croissance secondaire (excroissance) par suite de l'été exceptionnellement sec avec de courtes périodes de pluie. Cette année-là, les tubercules prégermés levèrent 10 jours plus t?t que les plants non prégermés, traités et non traités, de sorte que le développement du feuillage fut supérieur pendant une longue période et que celui des tubercules fut supérieur jusqu'à la récolte.

     

Field trials on the retention of potato stocks in England

Summary Field trials done to supplement replicated smallplot trials showed that the incidence of leaf roll and Y viruses in potato crops remained low for several years in many parts of England when the crops were sprayed with insecticide, and in some parts, where aphids were few, without spraying. Four sprays with DDT emulsion at 2 lb. of active ingredient per acre per application, at intervals of 14 days, starting soon after the plants emerged, were enough to check spread from sources within the crop. Insecticides did no prevent viruliferous aphids, coming from outside the crop, from infecting sprayed plants. Although many growers could safely keep potato stocks for several years longer than they do now, others could not because virus Y is introduced by aphids from other crops in the same area. Risk from incoming infective aphids will remain until all potato crops are free from virus, but if all infected crops were sprayed with an efficient aphicide before the summer dispersal flight this should greatly decrease the amount of disease introduced into healthy crops.

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Zusammenfassung Feldversuche, die zur Erg?nzung wiederholter Kleinparzellenversuche durchgeführt wurden, ergaben, da? die H?ufigkeit des Auftretens der Blattroll- und Y-Viren bei Kartoffelbest?nden mehrere Jahre in vielen Teilen Englands gering blieb, wenn die Best?nde mit einem Insektenmittel gespritzt wurden; in manchen Teilen, in denen wenig Blattl?use vorkamen, war dies auch ohne Spritzen der Fall. Viermaliges Spritzen mit DDT-Emulsion zu 2 lb. aktiven Bestandteile pro “acre” pro Applikation in 14t?gigen Intervallen, wobei man bald nach dem Aufgang begann, reichten aus, um die Ausbreitung von Quellen innerhalb der Best?nde zu hemmen. Die Insektizide verhinderten nicht, da? virus-tragende Blattl?use, die von au?erhalb der Best?nde stammten, die gespritzten Pflanzen infizierten. Obwohl manche Züchter ihre Kartoffelbest?nde verschiedene Jahre l?nger halten k?nnten als sie es jetzt tun, würde anderen dies nicht gelingen, weil das Y-Virus von Blattl?usen aus anderen Best?nden des gleichen Gebietes eingeführt wird. Die Gefahr ansteckender Blattl?use wird bestehen bleiben, bis alle Kartoffelbest?nde virusfrei sind; wenn jedoch alle infizierten Best?nde mit einem wirksamen Blattlausmittel vor dem sommerlichen Befallsflug gespritzt würden, w?re der Umfang der Infizierung mit dieser Krankheit von gesunden Pflanzungen bedeutend zu verringern.

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Résumé Des essais en plein champ, effectués pour compléter des essais à différentes reprises sur petites parcelles, ont démontré que l'incidence des virus Y et de l'enroulement dans les cultures de pommes de terre restait faible pendant plusieurs années dans bien des régions d'Angleterre, pourvu que les cultures aient été traitées par pulvérisation d'un insecticide, et dans certaines régions, où les pucerons sont rares, mêmes sans pulvérisations. Quatre pulvérisations d'une émulsion de DDT à la dose de 2 lb. de substance active par “acre” et par pulvérisation, espacées de deux semaines, dont la première est effectuée peu après la levée, suffisaient pour enrayer la propagation à partir de sources situées à l'intérieur de la culture. Les insecticides n'empêchaient pas les pucerons porteurs de virus, venant d'en dehors de la culture, d'infecter les plantes traitées. Si bien des cultivateurs pourraient continuer sans inconvénient la culture de pommes de terre de la même semence pendant plusieurs années de plus que d'ordinaire, d'autres ne le pourraient pas parce que le virus Y est apporté d'autres cultures de la même région par les pucerons. Le risque de pénétration de puccrons infectieux continuera d'exister tant que toutes les cultures ne seront pas exemptes de virus. Mais si toutes les cultures infectées étaient traitées avec un insecticide efficace avant le vol de dispersion en été, il en résulterait une forte diminution de la maladie introduite dans des plantations saines.

     

Habitat utilization and vertical movements of white marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) released from commercial and recreational fishing gears in the western North Atlantic Ocean: inferences from short duration pop-up archival satellite tags

Researchers have applied numerous techniques to improve billfish stock assessments, including habitat‐based models that incorporate behavioral and oceanographic parameters to standardize historical catch‐per‐unit‐effort time‐series data. These methods have allowed researchers to account for significant changes in the depths of pelagic longline (PLL) gear deployments over time. This study presents habitat‐use data recovered from high‐resolution 5‐ and 10‐day pop‐up satellite archival tags (PSATs) attached to 47 surviving white marlin released from commercial and recreational fishing gears offshore of the U.S. East Coast, the northern Caribbean, and Venezuela between 2002 and 2004. Data recovered from transmitting tags indicated that white marlin spent nearly half of their time associated with warm, near‐surface waters (<10 m). All fish displayed frequent short duration (mean: 39.8 min) vertical excursions from surface waters to depths averaging 51 m. Qualitative and multivariate classifications of data from completely transmitted movements of surviving white marlin revealed two major types of descents: one pattern was characterized by deep ‘V’‐shaped excursions of relatively short duration (mean: 23.4 min) while the other featured descents that were more broadly ‘U’‐shaped and confined to a specific depth range for an extended period of time (mean: 75.8 min). Based on the frequency, persistence, and patterns of these vertical movements, white marlin appear to direct a considerable proportion of foraging effort well below surface waters, a behavior that may account for relatively high catch rates of white marlin on some deep‐set PLL deployments.     

Movements by wild brown trout in a boreal river: response to habitat and flow contrasts

Abstract  Radio transmitters were implanted in wild brown trout, Salmo trutta L., in the River Måna at low summer water flows ( n  = 18), higher flow in summer ( n  =   20), and variable, peaking flows in autumn ( n  =   20), and tracked two to four times day and night for 4–5 weeks. Individuals were caught and released in a 4-km uniformly channelised section, and in a 4-km natural diverse river section. Substantial individual variation in home range and total movement (924–85 818 m² and 295–7014 m) suggested flexibility to adapt to local environmental conditions. Fish were stationary most of the time (median movement 0 m), but some individuals undertook few and apparently sporadic longer movements, sometimes involving shifts in home range. No consistent diurnal pattern in movements was found. Trout in the uniform habitat section appeared to have larger home ranges and moved more than trout in the natural section. Differences were, however, not statistically significant in most comparisons, due to large individual variation. Similarly, larger home ranges and movements between trials related to higher flow were found, but differences were generally not significant. No consistent effects of sudden, extreme peaking flows on area use or movements by the brown trout were observed.