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Tropical Legumes

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780894991929
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (919 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Legumes written by National Research Council and published by The Minerva Group, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This National Academy of Sciences report describes plants of the family Leguminosae, all of them greatly underexploited. Some are extensively used in one part of the world but unknown elsewhere; others are virtually unknown to science but have particular attributes that suggest they could become major crops in the future; a few are already widespread but their possibilities are not yet fully realized.Most of the plants described in this book have the capacity to provide their own nitrogenous fertilizer through bacteria that live in nodules on their roots; the bacteria chemically convert nitrogen gas from the air into soluble compounds that the plant can absorb and utilize. As a result, legumes generally require no additional nitrogenous fertilizer for average growth. This is advantageous because commercial nitrogenous fertilizers are now extremely expensive for peasant farmers. This report demonstrates how farmers in developing countries, by using leguminous plants, can grow useful crops while avoiding that expense. However, the plants to be discussed here should be seen as complements to, not as substitutes for, conventional tropical crops.

Tropical Forage Legumes

Author : P. J. Skerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Forage Legumes written by P. J. Skerman and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of legumes in agriculture; Evaluation of natural resources for pasture production; Land clearing; Pasture establishment; Mineral nutrition of tropical pasture legumes; Nitrogen nutrition of tropical pastures; Rhizobium relationships of legumes; management of tropical pasture legumes; Weed control in tropical pastures; Irrigation of tropical pasture legumes; Production of forage legume seed; Selection and breeding of tropical pasture legumes; Chemical composition and nutritive value of tropical legumes; The pasture legumes; Leguminous browse.

Tropical Forage Legumes

Author : John R Lazier
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1780646283
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Forage Legumes written by John R Lazier and published by CABI. This book was released on 2016-07-25 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of legume use in agricultural production in the tropics lags far behind the temperate areas and extensive research over recent decades has aimed to rectify the lack of available leguminous fodder species available for heavy clay soils. This book draws together that research and explores the importance of heavy clay soils to agricultural productivity in the tropics and subtropics and the identification of adapted, productive forage legumes for these environments. Providing an invaluable example of how a global search for adapted and productive forage germplasm has been - and can be - undertaken, and allowing access to a significant body of knowledge that was acquired before the digitalization of reports, this book will be a key resource for new scientists and experienced researchers in the areas of agriculture and forage agronomy.

Tropical Pasture and Fodder Plants (grasses and Legumes)

Author : A. V. Bogdan
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Tropical Pasture and Fodder Plants (grasses and Legumes) by : A. V. Bogdan

Download or read book Tropical Pasture and Fodder Plants (grasses and Legumes) written by A. V. Bogdan and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1977 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grasses. Classification and distribution. Environment in relation to some aspects of grass physiology. Day length. Light intensity. Temperature. Rainfall. Soils. The structure of the grass plant. Cultivation. Establishment. Management. Association with the legumes. Herbage yields. Conservation. Nutritive value. Reproduction. The structure of floral parts. Flowering and pollination. Fertilization. Apomixis. Seed. Seed germination. Seed production. The more important species. The legumes. Classification and distribution. The structure of the leguminous plant. Nitrogen fixation by the legumes. In mixture with the grasses. Cultivation. Pests and diseases. Yields, utilization. Chemical composition, nutritive value. Palatability, toxicity. Reproduction. The flowers. Flowring, pollination. Seed production and harvesting. Breeding. The more important species.

Tropical Legumes in Animal Nutrition

Author : J. P. Felix D'Mello
Publisher : Cabi
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Legumes in Animal Nutrition written by J. P. Felix D'Mello and published by Cabi. This book was released on 1995 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diversity and productivity of tropical legumes. Composition and nutritional attributes of pasture legumes. Composition and nutritive value of browse legumes. Composition of legumes grains. Anti-nutritional factors in forage legumes. Anti-nutritional substances in legumes seeds. Intake of tropical legumes. Tropical legumes for large ruminants. Tropical legumes for small ruminants. Leguminous leaf meals in non-ruminant nutrition.

Transgenic Crops I

Author : Y.P.S. Bajaj
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Transgenic Crops I written by Y.P.S. Bajaj and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-11-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Recently, there has been tremendous progress in the genetic transformation of agricultural crops, and plants resistant to insects, herbicides, and diseases have been produced, field tested and patented. Transgenic Crops I compiles this information on cereals, grasses, legumes, and oilseed crops." "This book is of special interest to advanced students, teachers, and research workers in the field of plant breeding, genetics, molecular biology, plant tissue culture, and plant biotechnology in general."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Handbook of LEGUMES of World Economic Importance

Author : James Duke
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468481517
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of LEGUMES of World Economic Importance by : James Duke

Download or read book Handbook of LEGUMES of World Economic Importance written by James Duke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1971, Dr. Quentin Jones, now of the National Hawaii, where an international panel convened to Program Staff, SEA, USDA, suggested that the discuss and assemble information on underexploit Plant Taxonomy Laboratory devise a format for ed tropical legumes. Conversations at that meeting concise write-ups on 1,000 economic plants (Duke and subsequent correspondence with the partici and Terrell, 1974; Duke et al. , 1975). Dr. C. F. pants also yielded new information on some of the Reed was contracted to search the literature on tropical legumes. Finally in 1978, 100 copies of the writeups these economic plants, which included 146 species of legumes. From 1971 through 1974, Dr. Reed were delivered to the International Legume Con prepared rough drafts of write-ups on the 1,000 ference at Kew, July 24th-August 4, and all were species. It was my responsibility to establish the given to potential cooperators before my lecture on format and monitor the write-ups, to ensure that the manual (July 31st). New information presented they would answer many questions on legumes in lectures at that conference and personal com directed to the USDA by our taxpaying public. munications behind the scenes have also been used Since then, a computerized system alerts me to to update and embellish the write-ups so that they new publications on legumes. I have ordered for are more than a bibliographic echo. our files copies of the more promising documents.

Tropical Legume Improvement

Author : G. J. Persley
Publisher : State Mutual Book & Periodical Service
ISBN 13 : 9781461932222
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Legume Improvement written by G. J. Persley and published by State Mutual Book & Periodical Service. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash

Author : Essegbemon Akpo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781013278358
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (783 download)

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Download or read book Sowing Legume Seeds, Reaping Cash written by Essegbemon Akpo and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book shares impact stories - testimonies from various value chain actors who have been part of the Tropical Legumes (TL) projects, over the past twelve years. The Tropical Legumes projects led by ICRISAT in three parts (TLI, TLII and TLIII), constitute a major international initiative supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and jointly implemented by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) partners from Sub-Saharan Africa and India. The project developed improved cultivars of common bean, cowpea, chickpea and groundnut (but also soya bean and pigeon pea cultivars in its initial phases) and delivers their seed to smallholders in BMGF-focus areas. It also strengthens the NARS and CGIAR's breeding programs and seed platforms to enhance their ability to deliver high and sustained outputs to smallholder farmers. The book compiles the experiences of a diversity of actors within the grain legume value chains, with a focus on groundnut and common beans in Tanzania and Uganda, groundnut and cowpea in Nigeria, and groundnut in Ghana. All stakeholders involved share their thoughts on being part of a decade-long development project family. National agricultural research institutes, knowledge brokering organizations, NGOs, public and private seed companies, agro-dealers, individual seed entrepreneurs, farm-implement makers, farmer cooperatives, farmer groups, individual men and women farmers, middlemen, processors, traders and consumers were all involved in this project, and as such this book provides valuable insights for development workers, technical staff, and project managers. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.

Tropical Diseases of Legumes

Author : Julio Bird
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323160549
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Diseases of Legumes written by Julio Bird and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Diseases of Legumes consists of papers presented at a workshop held at Rio Piedras Agricultural Station, University of Puerto Rico, in June 1974. Legumes are group of plants that provide an important and often sole source of protein in the diet of millions of people. In the growing problem of hunger, there is an immediate need to raise the production of legumes through better knowledge of plant diseases, by ultimate prevention of these diseases, and through improved crop production. Consequently, a workshop is organized and the presented papers, grouped into four parts, are shown in this book. The first two parts describe the rugaceous and mosaic diseases. Bacterial diseases, chemical control, and ecology of pathogens are explained in the third part of this book. The last part explores the origin and improvement of the common bean, as well as its diseases in the tropical Americas. This book aims to provide a stimulating forum for discussion of the findings and observations in tropical legume disease research.

Forages, Volume 2

Author : Kenneth J. Moore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119436613
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Forages, Volume 2 written by Kenneth J. Moore and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-05-29 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forages: The Science of Grassland Agriculture, 7th Edition, Volume II will extensively evaluate the current knowledge and information on forage agriculture. Chapters written by leading researchers and authorities in grassland agriculture are aggregated under section themes, each one representing a major topic within grassland science and agriculture. This 7th edition will include two new additional chapters covering all aspects of forage physiology in three separate chapters, instead of one in previous editions. Chapters will be updated throughout to include new information that has developed since the last edition. This new edition of the classic reference serves as a comprehensive supplement to An Introduction to Grassland Agriculture, Volume I.

Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems

Author : K. E. Giller
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1845933044
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Book Synopsis Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems by : K. E. Giller

Download or read book Nitrogen Fixation in Tropical Cropping Systems written by K. E. Giller and published by CABI. This book was released on 2001 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nitrogen fixation by leguminous plants is especially important when farmers are trying to minimise fertilizer use for cost or environmental reasons. This second edition of the highly successful book, first published in 1991, contains thoroughly updated and revised material on the theory and practice of nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems.

East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry

Author : G. Boonman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401582246
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry by : G. Boonman

Download or read book East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry written by G. Boonman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series Tasks for Vegetation Science is devoted to a variety of research aspects in vegetation science, pure as wellas applied. Of the applied problems one of the most pressing is to achieve better knowledge and improvement of the pasture vegetation in tropical and subtropical regions. As series editor I was impressed by the sheer volume of useful scientific information concerning pasture plants from East Africa collected during many years by Dr. Boonman and compiled in one manuscript. Dr. Boonman first came to East Africa in 1963 on an overland journey along the river Nile which took him from Alexandria in Egypt to Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and back again. After a brief spell as a cotton agronomist in the Sudan Gezira he joined the grassland research team at Kitale, Kenya in 1966. Improvement ofseed yield oftropical grasses was his principal interest which finally led him into the fieldof breeding grasses. Well-known varieties from his work include Boma & Elmba Rhodesgrass as wellas Clone 13Elephantgrass. In 1979he was recalled to The Netherlands to head a cooperative seedcompany involved in the breeding of grasses and cereals. The author has focused this study on one region, Eastern Africa.Global application of theories runs into conflicts too easily with local types of farming, if not with bare economics. Very few books can be found that describe existing practices and seek local answers by digging deep in the stacks of old, local reports.

Tropical Forage Legumes

Author : P. J. Skerman
Publisher : Fao
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Forage Legumes written by P. J. Skerman and published by Fao. This book was released on 1988 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Below-ground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems

Author : Meine van Noordwijk
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 0851996736
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Below-ground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems by : Meine van Noordwijk

Download or read book Below-ground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems written by Meine van Noordwijk and published by CABI. This book was released on 2004 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Below-grownd interactions are often seen as the 'dark side' of agroecosystems, especially when more than one crop is grown on the same piece of land at he same time. this book aims to review the amount of light he past decade of research has shed on this topic. It also aims to review ohw far we have come in unravelling the positive and negative aspects of these interactions and how, in dialogue with farmers, we can use the generic principles that are now emerging to look for sita-specifics solutions.

Tropical Forage Plants

Author : W.D. Pitman
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000611957
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Tropical Forage Plants written by W.D. Pitman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-11-28 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical Forage Plants: Development and Use covers the research and resulting pasture development in the tropics and subtropics, which has undergone dramatic changes in the past few decades. Providing a broad, global perspective, it serves as a comprehensive resource covering a wide range of subjects pertaining to forage and animal production in th

Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops

Author : Paulo de T. Alvim
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 1483215989
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops written by Paulo de T. Alvim and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ecophysiology of Tropical Crops covers the knowledge and opinion on ecophysiology of the major tropical crop plants. The book discusses the fundamental ideas about the numerical description of plant development and considers effects of climatic factors (e.g., temperature, light, and water) on physiological processes in plants. The text also presents an overview of the physical and chemical characteristics of tropical soils. The ecophysiology of the major crop plants, particularly those suitable for the wet tropics, including rice, sugarcane, pineapple, grasslands, root crops, sweet potato, coffee, cacao, rubber, banana, tea, oil palm, coconut palm, citrus, cashew, and mango, is also considered. Plant ecologists, plant physiologists, biochemists, horticulturists, agronomists, meteorologists, soil scientists, food technologists, plant breeders, and people interested in the production of tropical crops will find the book invaluable.