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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1973)Caucasian clover (T. ambiguum M. Bieb.) was studied to assess its suitability in revegetation programmes on eroded mountain areas. One hexaploid and two diploid strains of T. ambiguum were compared with Grasslands Huia white clover in controlled environme ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1977)A competitive protein binding assay was developed for the measurement of serum total thyroxine (T4) concentrations in horses. This method corrected for the presence of ethanol extractable substances, present in sera, shown to spuriously interfere in such ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1970)Wheat, Triticum aestivum L., because of its importance as a food crop, has been subjected to intensive research throughout the world. In New Zealand wheat research has mainly been confined to the breeding of new varieties with emphasis on yield and qualit ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1971)In New Zealand beef breeding there is a need to concentrate on improving the production characters of cattle (Carter and Stitchbury, 1970) (4). Crossbreeding offers a method of rapid advancement in these characters by combining different breeds into on ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1971)A major problem involving the planning of water resource development in New Zealand is the scarcity of streamflow data. Long-term rainfall data is available for most regions. A mathematical model may be fitted to a catchment by minimizing the difference b ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1971)To provide design data for conservation farm plans, evaluation of a soil's inherent erodibility is essential. Available literature and the possible methods of evaluating a soil's erodibility are critically reviewed. Development of a method to evaluate the ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1970)Tillering in cereals, ecologically important to plants and economically important to agronomists, is the result of the development of axillary buds into tillers. It has been shown to be affected mainly by nutrition, moisture, climate, seed size, depth of ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1977)Grass and legume seedlings were planted to form legume and legume-grass swards on north-facing hill slopes at two sites in North Canterbury. At Hunua “College Glutinosa” lucerne and "Grasslands Nui" perennial ryegrass or "Grasslands K1950" cocksfoot were ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1972)Zephyr barley was originally introduced privately to New Zealand as a feed barley. It was included in both malting and feed grain trials by the Field Research Section of the Department of Agriculture for the first time during 1966/67 season. Results of th ...
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(Lincoln College, University of Canterbury, 1979)Surveys of various biochemical aspects of Trifolium ambiguum herbage were performed. The lines of T. ambiguum used were c.v. Summit, C.P.I. 51140, C.P.I. 51140 x 51139, c.v. Prairie, C.P.I. 57353 and C.P.I. 50329. The hexaploids were found to be the only ...