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DR JAYARATNAM THARMARAJ



Contact Details

Organization: Agriculture and Food Systems
Position: RESEARCH FELLOW - DAIRY PRODUCTION
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Homepage: http://www.landfood.unimelb.edu.au/staff/tharmaraj.html
Work: 5557-8277
Fax: 5557-8268

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science - Agriculture University of Peradeniya 31-Dec-1979
Master of Science Obihiro Chikusan University 31-Dec-1990
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
Satellite remote sensing for the Australian Dairy Industry Chief Investigator CSIRO LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES 02/01/2007

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Effect of replacing wheat grain with palm kernel expeller on milk production of late lactation dairy cows offered canola or pasture hay
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Proceedings of the 3rd Dairy Science Symposium
    Conference Publication: Meeting the Challenges for Pasture-Based Dairying
    Page numbers: 373 - 377
    Publisher: National Dairy Alliance(Melbourne)
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  • Effects of complementary forages on productivity and profit of dairy systems in southwest Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Australasian Dairy Science Symposium 2007
    Conference Publication: Meeting the Challenges for Pasture-Based Dairying
    Page numbers: 526 - 534
    Publisher: National Dairy Alliance(Melbourne)
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  • Pasture consumption rates in different dairy production systems in southwest Victoria, Australia
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Proceedings of the 3rd Dairy Science Symposium
    Conference Publication: Meeting the Challenges for Pasture-Based Dairying
    Page numbers: 431 - 439
    Publisher: National Dairy Alliance(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Milk production potential of different dairy pasture types in southern Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: XX International Grassland Congress
    Conference Publication: XX International Grassland Congress: Offered papers
    Page numbers: 135
    Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers(Wageningen)
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  • Seasonal herbage accumulation of different dairy pasture types in southern Australia
    Year: 2005
    Event name: XX International Grassland Congress
    Conference Publication: XX International Grassland Congress: Offered papers
    Page numbers: 460
    Publisher: Wageningen Academic Publishers(Wageningen)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Effects of pasture species mixture, management, and environment on the productivity and persistence of dairy pastures in south-west Victoria. 1. Herbage accumulation and seasonal growth pattern
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 625 - 636
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • Effects of pasture species mixture, management, and environment on the productivity and persistence of dairy pastures in south-west Victoria. 2. Plant population density and persistence
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Soil Research
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 637-643
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Defoliation pattern, foraging behaviour and diet selection by lactating dairy cows in response to sward height and herbage allowance of a ryegrass-dominated pasture
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Grass and Forage Science
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 225-238
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
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Publications in 2002

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Strength of pasture and grazing behaviour of cows
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Facing the challenges of the supply chain in 2010
    Conference Publication: Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 141 - 143
    Publisher: The University of Melbourne Institute of Land & Food Resources Dookie (Shepparton)
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Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Comparative nutrition from principles to practical feeding systems
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
    Conference Publication: Meeting at the Crossroads 18th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
    Page numbers: 41-44
    Publisher: Biomedical Multimedia Unit, The University of Melbourne(Parkville)
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