Resources Tagged: Mucuna

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  1. Maize – Legume Intercrop Based on IITA 2-4-2 Design

    2015-11-18 Dr. Motis and Betsy Langford were introduced to the 2-4-2 system by Dr. B.B. Singh at the Ukulima Farm research station in South Africa in Feb. of 2015. They subsequently planned and conducted this experiment with other legumes at the main ECHO campus in North Fort Myers, Florida.
    Intercropping Maize Jackbean Mucuna Cowpea Legume

  2. Some Interesting Questions About Velvet Beans

    1997-04-19 Information about seed set and nutrition of velvet beans.
    Velvet Bean Health Mucuna Nutrition

  3. Bush Velvet Bean

    Bush forms of Mucuna pruriens grow rapidly, but have a more compact growth habit than vining types. The leaves are large and trifoliate with lateral leaflets 7–15 cm long, 5–12 cm wide. Flowers are light purple or white, resulting in pods 4-13 cm in length. Wild forms of M. pruriens have pods...
    Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Cover Crops Green Manures and ... Mucuna Velvet Bean

  4. Velvet Bean

    Velvet bean is a vigorous, nitrogen-fixing, bushy or vining, annual plant. The vines will climb anything available and can reach 10 m or more in length. Velvet bean is somewhat drought tolerant and is an excellent green manure or cover crop with ability to suppress weeds and provide generous...
    Green Manures and ... Pasture and Forage... Mucuna Velvet Bean

  5. Selecting Legumes as Green Manure/Cover Crops

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    2017-05-26 By integrating legumes into cropping systems, small-scale farmers in low-resource settings can invest in the long-term health and resilience of their soils. Success or failure depends largely on choosing the right legume(s). With that in mind, this document presents insights on legume selection...
    Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Green Manures and ... Cover Crops Legume Legumes Tropical legumes Lablab Mucuna Intercropping

  6. Mucuna Trichomes as a Dewormer for Goats

    2006-07-20 Trichomes from Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC. var. pruriens (also known as kewach or cow-itch) are effective in removing parasitic worms in pregnant does.
    Velvet Bean Livestock Parasites Mucuna

  7. Roland Bunch, Five Years in Africa

    2016-04-08 A report from Roland Bunch regarding his efforts to promote green manures and cover crops in Africa.
    Pigeon Pea Green Manures and ... Legume Intercropping Lablab Mucuna Tephrosia Gliricidia

  8. Reviving Soils with Mucuna - Video

    Access Agriculture Training Video In the coastal savanna of West Africa, farmers explain how a mucuna cover crop helped to revive their highly degraded soil, and suppress the noxious weeds Striga and Imperata. They show how to grow it to benefit your maize and cassava, and why discussing land...
    Soil Fertility Sustainable Land M... Legumes Maize AccessAgriculture GMCC Mucuna West Africa

  9. Food and Feed from Mucuna: Current Uses and the Way Forward Proceedings of an International Workshop

    2002-01-01 Proceedings from theApril 26-29, 2000 workshop inTegucigalpa, Hondurasbegin with a general overview of Mucuna and its food and feed uses. After that, the papers themselves appear according to the six workshop sessions: A View from the Field, Anti-Nutritional Factors in Mucuna, Mucuna as a Food,...
    Legumes Green Manure Crops Cowhage Mucuna

  10. Increasing Mucuna's Potential

    2003-01-01 This notebook is a special issue of Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2003 on Increasing Mucuna's Potential as a Food and Feed Crop. Mucuna Velvet Bean / Notebook.
    Ruminants Feed Legumes as Food Velvet Bean Mucuna