TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS ......................................................................... 1 AUSTRALIA Bray, R. A. Forage yield of Leucaena diverstfolia ..................................................... 1 Jones, R. J. and W. H. Winter. Serum thyroxine levels and liveweight gain of steers grazing leucaena pastures ....................................................... 2 Versace, G. Propagating leucaena by grafting ......................................................... 3 BRAZIL Sanzonowicz, Claudio and Walter Couto. Effect of calcium sulphur and other nutrients on dry matter yield and nodulation of Leucaena leucocephala in a "cerrado" soil ................................................................... 4 Seiffert, N. F. Practical method for leucaena seed scarification using NaOH . ...................................................................................................... 5 Seiffert, N.F. Low performance of Leucaena Peru type on central-Brasil oxisols......................................................................................................... 7 COLOMBIA Hutton, E. Mark. Interrelation of Ca and Al in adaptation of leucaena to very acid soils .............................................................................................. 9 Hutton, E. Mark and Tabares Z. Eddie. Leucaena esculenta and L. trichodes -some similarities and differences .................................................................. 12 Lenne, Jillian M. and Amparo Vargas de Alvarez. Seedling rot of leucaena caused by Fusarium sp ................................................................................. 14 Lenne. Jillian M. and Celina Torres G. Bacterial pod blight of leucaena. ................... 14 COSTA RICA Gewaldt N. J. and Ugalde Luis. Growth of Leucaena leucocephala in la garita de Alajuela, Costa Rica .....................................................................15 Perez-Guerrero, Z. J. Diseases of leucaena observed in the humid tropics of Costa Rica .....................................................................................................16 Perez-Guerrero, Z. J., R. Borel and R. Bertsch. Prioritization of elements in the mineral nutrition of Leucaena leucocephala in an acid soil of Costa Rica .....................................................................................................17 INDIA Chandrasekaran, N. R. Studies on leucaena tree growth ............................................ 19 Damothiran, Dr. L. and Prof. N. R. Chandrasekaran. Nutrition studies with leucaena forage ............................................................................................. 21 Das, R. B. and N. Venkat Reddy. Intercropping of leucaena with grain crops ............................................................................................................ 23 Dutt, A. K. Gummosis in leucaena ............................................................................ 25 Dutt, A. K., S. Kaul and S. D. Sumbria. Effect of different rhizobial inoculant on seedling growth in Leucaena leucocephala var. K8 ......................................... 26 Dutt, A. K. and Prithi Pal. Further observations on the growth of leucaena in Jammu .......................................................................................................... 27 Gill, A. S. and B. D. Patil. Leucaena foliage as a source of green manure ................... 29 Gill, A. S., B. D. Patil and C. L. Yadav. Intercropping studies in leucaena ................. 30 Krishna Murthy, K. and M. K. Mune Gowda. Effect of cutting and frequency regimes on the herbage yield of leucaena ........................................................ 3l Patil, B. D., V. K. Gupta, A. Kumar and H. K. Joshi. Reaction of the parents and hybrids of Leucaena leucocephala against gummosis disease .................... 33 Pathak, P. S., B. D. Patil and S. K. Gupta. Leaf characteristics in leucaena ............... 36 Pathak, P. S., B. D. Patil, S. K. Gupta and R. Deb Roy. Leucaena cultivation improves soil fertility ...................................................................................... 37 Relwani, L. L., S. S. Deshmukh, D. Y. Khandale and R. V. Nakat. Growth rates of leucaena under different systems of tree management ......................... 38 Relwani, L. L., S. S. Deshmukh, R. V. Nakat and D. Y. Khandale. Varietal trial on leucaena cultivars for forage production .............................................. 39 Relwani, L. L., S. S. Deshmukh, R. V. Nakat and D. Y. Khandale. Effect of spacing management on the yield and quality of forage of K8 cultivar .............. 40 Relwani, L. L., R. V. Nakat and D. Y. Khandale. Intercropping of four leucaena cultivars with three grasses ............................................................... 41 Venkat Reddy, N. and R. B. Das. Varietal performance of leucaena in drylands ........ 42 INDONESIA Lowry, J. B., A. J. Evans and Budi Tangendjaja. Observations on leucaena leaf meal production in Indonesia ................................................................... 43 Parera, Viator. Giant lamtoro in the land of the trees .................................................. 44 Petheram, R. J., Mas'ud Pandjaitan and Joni Liano. Leucaena forage production trials based at Ciawi, Indonesia ..................................................................... 45 Prussner, Kenneth A. Regreening means conservation and incorne ............................ 47 MAURITIUS Osman, Azad M. Edibility of leucaena ...................................................................... 49 MEXICO Chel, Guerrero Luis, Jose L. Romano Munoz and Arturo Castellanos Ruelas. Limiting aminoacids of leucaena leaf meal for the growing rat .......................... 51 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Swift, J. F. Intercropping of two leucaena spp. with sweet potato: yield, growth rate and biomass ................................................................................ 52 SRI LANKA Weeraratna, C. S. Nitrogen release during decomposition of leucaena leaves ............. 54 TAIWAN Chang, Y. C., Charles C. C. Tao and C. Y. Wong. Three species of scale insects injurious to "giant" leucaena ................................................................. 55 Chou, C. H. Study of allelopathy with Hengchun vegetation ....................................... 57 Hsieh, Huann-Ju. Diseases of leucaena in Taiwan ..................................................... 58 Hu, Ta-Wei and Tao Kiang. Wood production of spacing trial of leucaena in Taiwan ...................................................................................................... 59 Hu, Ta-Wei and Wen-Chun Shih. The growth of different varieties of leucaena in Taiwan ...................................................................................................... 62 Jai, Sy-Yung, C. Y. Hwang and J. C. Hsiung. The feasibility of producing leucaena press-lam and its use as a stock for making furniture ........................ 63 Ku, Y. C. and S. J. Lin. Leucaena wood fibers for animal feeding ............................. 64 Kuo, Y. L., C. H. Chou and T. W. Hu. Allelopathic potential of Leucaena leucocephala ................................................................................................. 65 Lee, Bryant P. K. and Y. F. Yang. Leucaena seed as a feed ingredient for broiler chicks ................................................................................................ 66 Lin, Jung-Yaw. Toxic nature of non-protein amino acids ........................................... 67 Tang, Jung-Lei and Tze-Ping Ma. The effect of plantation population densityon wood properties and quality of wood-based composition board from leucaena in Taiwan ............................................................................... 68 Young, Chiu-Chung and Chen-Ching Chao. The selection Qf rhizobium of Leucaena leucocephala ................................................................................ 70 UNITED KINGDOM Acamovic, Thomas and J. P. Felix D'Mello. Carcass composition of chicks fed leucaena ................................................................................................. 71 Acamovic, Thomas and J. P. Felix D'Mello. Effect of Fe (III), poly-ethylene glycol and cholesterol supplementation on the growth rate of chicks fed leucaena diets .............................................................................................. 72 Gonzalez Vargas, Diego and David Wyllie. Treated dried leucaena meal in diets for growing pigs .......................................................................................... 74 Gonzalez Vargas, Diego and David Wyllie. Nutritive value of leucaena for the growing pig ...................................................................................... 76 U. S.A . Brewbaker, James L. Leucaenas for the highland tropics ........................................ 77 Evans, John J. and Lehel Telek. Determination of mimosine in leucaena by amino acid analysis ..................................................................................... 78 Evensen, Carl I. Chemical and non-chemical control of leucaena: preliminary studies ...................................................................................... 79 Glovak, L. and W. Greatbatch. Successful tissue culture of leucaena ....................... 81 Hegde, Narayan. Use of gibberellin for accelerating growth of leucaena seedlings .................................................................................................... 83 Olvera, Eduardo, S. H. West and W. G. Blue. Establishment of Leucaena leucocephala in acid soils ............................................................................ 84 Olvera, Eduardo, S. H. West, and W. G. Blue. Aspects of germination of leucaena ................................................................................................ 86 Olvera, Eduardo, S. H. West, and W. G. Blue. Green house studies on establishment of leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit in acid soils .............. 88 South, William T. Persistence of a labeled rhizobium in green-house-grown Leucaena leucocephala .............................................................................. 91 Telek, Lehel. Preparation of leaf protein concentrates from Leucaena leucocephala ............................................................................................. 93 Van Den Beldt, R. J. Litterfall as a function of population in a 1-year old leucaena (K8) planting .............................................................................. 95 Van Den Beldt, R. J., J. L. Brewbaker, Ta-Wei Hu and Boonchoob Boontawee. International leucaena population trails ....................................................... 96 Whiting, M. G. Food uses of leucaena seeds 1. Tempeh lamtoro, preparation and toxicity ............................................................................. 100 WESTERN SAMOA Cable, W. J., J. A. Breen, A. B. Cahusac, D. B. Williams, T. Taogaga, A. Tacadao, and A. Peters. Preliminary results of intercropping leucaena with taro (Colocasia esculenta) in Western Samoa .................................................... 102 Section 2. SUBJECT INDEX .................................................................................... 104 Section 3. LEUCAENA SEED DEALERS ................................................................ 105 Section 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................... 107