1. Forage grasses and legumes : an introduction / Toshihiko Yamada -- 2. Perennial ryegrass / Toshihiko Yamada -- 3. Italian ryegrass / Maiko Inoue, Alan V. Stewart and Hongwei Cai -- 4. Tall fescue / Malay C. Saha -- 5. Meadow fescue / Kovi Mallikarjuna Rao and Odd Arne Rognli -- 6. Dactylis and phleum / Alan V. Stewart, Nicholas W. Ellison and B. Shaun Bushman -- 7. Bentgrasses and bluegrasses / Keenan Amundsen and Scott Warnke -- 8. Warm-season grasses / Masumi Ebina, Shin-ichi Tsuruta and Yukio Akiyama -- 9. Zoysiagrass / Hongwei Cai, Manli Li, Xun Wang, Nana Yuyama and Mariko Hirata -- 10. Alfalfa / Maria J. Monteros, Yuanhong Han and E. Charles Brummer -- 11. Red clover / Sachiko Isobe, Roland Kolliker, Beat Boller and Heathcliffe Riday -- 12. White clover / John W. Forster, Noel O.I. Cogan and Michael T. Abberton.