Dr Md Islam

BSc (Hons), MSc (Animal Nutrition), PhD (Ruminant Nutrition & Forage Utilisation)
Research Fellow Dairy Science  

C04B - M C Franklin - Laboratory Camden
The University of Sydney

Telephone +61 2 9036 7750
Fax +61 2 4655 2374

Research interests

Modelling forage options for grazing dairy cows. System fitness of forages in pasture based Automatic Milking System. Forage production, management, evaluation and utilization by dairy cows. Water and nitrogen use efficiency of forages. Improvement of silage quality.

Themes

Animal Production

Selected grants

2012

  • Yield and nutritive value of forage rape (Brassica napus L.) for dairy cows affected by agronomic and management factors; Islam M; T J Robinson Fund/Faculty of Veterinary Science Bequest.

Selected publications

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Journals

  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Horadagoda, A. (2012). Effects of irrigation and rates and timing of nitrogen fertilizer on dry matter yield, proportions of plant fractions of maize and nutritive value and in vitro gas production characteristics of whole crop maize silage. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 172(3-4), 125-135.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Horadagoda, A. (2012). Effects of residual nitrogen, nitrogen fertilizer, sowing date and harvest time on yield and nutritive value of forage rape. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 177, 52-64.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S. (2012). Effects of sowing date and nitrogen fertilizer on forage yield, nitrogen- and water- use efficiency and nutritive value of an annual triple-crop complementary forage rotation. Grass and Forage Science, 67(1), 96-110.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S. (2012). Rates and timing of nitrogen fertilizer application on yield, nutritive value and nutrient-use efficiency of early-and late-sown forage maize. Grass and Forage Science, 67(1), 24-33.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Henry, D. (2011). Use of normalised difference vegetation index, nitrogen concentration, and total nitrogen content of whole maize plant and plant fractions to estimate yield and nutritive value of hybrid forage maize. Crop and Pasture Science, 62(5), 374-382.
  • Islam, M., Ishida, M., Ando, S., Nishida, T., Yoshida, N. (2011). Whole crop rice silage: Predictions of yield and content of metabolizable energy, metabolizable protein and other nutrients for dairy cows from crop maturity and botanical fractions at harvest. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 163, 222-230.

Conferences

  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Kerrisk (nee Davis), K. (2012). A modelling approach to screen grazeable forage options for automatic milking system herds. 5th Australasian Dairy Science Symposium 2012, Melbourne, Australia: Department of Primary Industries.
  • Horadagoda, A., Garcia, S., Islam, M., Kaur Jhajj, R., Clark, C. (2012). Grazing preferences of forages by dairy cows in different seasons. 5th Australasian Dairy Science Symposium 2012, Melbourne, Australia: Department of Primary Industries.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Horadagoda, A. (2012). Yield and nutritive value of forage rape (Brassica napus L) for dairycows. 15th AAAP Animal Science Congress, Bangkok: The Animal Husbandry Association of Thailand.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S. (2009). Forage option to increase forage and water productivity in autumn-winter. 14th Dairy Research Symposium 2009, Sydney: University of Sydney.

2012

  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Kerrisk (nee Davis), K. (2012). A modelling approach to screen grazeable forage options for automatic milking system herds. 5th Australasian Dairy Science Symposium 2012, Melbourne, Australia: Department of Primary Industries.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Horadagoda, A. (2012). Effects of irrigation and rates and timing of nitrogen fertilizer on dry matter yield, proportions of plant fractions of maize and nutritive value and in vitro gas production characteristics of whole crop maize silage. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 172(3-4), 125-135.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Horadagoda, A. (2012). Effects of residual nitrogen, nitrogen fertilizer, sowing date and harvest time on yield and nutritive value of forage rape. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 177, 52-64.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S. (2012). Effects of sowing date and nitrogen fertilizer on forage yield, nitrogen- and water- use efficiency and nutritive value of an annual triple-crop complementary forage rotation. Grass and Forage Science, 67(1), 96-110.
  • Horadagoda, A., Garcia, S., Islam, M., Kaur Jhajj, R., Clark, C. (2012). Grazing preferences of forages by dairy cows in different seasons. 5th Australasian Dairy Science Symposium 2012, Melbourne, Australia: Department of Primary Industries.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S. (2012). Rates and timing of nitrogen fertilizer application on yield, nutritive value and nutrient-use efficiency of early-and late-sown forage maize. Grass and Forage Science, 67(1), 24-33.
  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Horadagoda, A. (2012). Yield and nutritive value of forage rape (Brassica napus L) for dairycows. 15th AAAP Animal Science Congress, Bangkok: The Animal Husbandry Association of Thailand.

2011

  • Islam, M., Garcia, S., Henry, D. (2011). Use of normalised difference vegetation index, nitrogen concentration, and total nitrogen content of whole maize plant and plant fractions to estimate yield and nutritive value of hybrid forage maize. Crop and Pasture Science, 62(5), 374-382.
  • Islam, M., Ishida, M., Ando, S., Nishida, T., Yoshida, N. (2011). Whole crop rice silage: Predictions of yield and content of metabolizable energy, metabolizable protein and other nutrients for dairy cows from crop maturity and botanical fractions at harvest. Animal Feed Science and Technology, 163, 222-230.

2009

  • Islam, M., Garcia, S. (2009). Forage option to increase forage and water productivity in autumn-winter. 14th Dairy Research Symposium 2009, Sydney: University of Sydney.

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