Lablab Lablab purpureus

El lablab (también conocido como frijol jacinto en los países de habla hispana y dolich en los países de habla francesa) es una especie africana. Sus parientes silvestres se pueden encontrar en las regiones áridas de Namibia y otros países del sur y este de África. El lablab es mucho más conocido en regiones tropicales húmedas que en regiones secas como el Sahel, aunque se considera una especie tolerante a la sequía. Algunos afirman que es incluso más tolerante a la sequía que el caupí. El lablab es tolerante a una amplia gama de pH del suelo, que va de 4,5 a 7,5. Puede crecer en suelos arenosos y en suelos de textura fina y bien drenados. El lablab responde a la mejora de la fertilidad del suelo (usando estiércol o fertilizantes), pero en la mayoría de los casos los agricultores no usan estiércol ni fertilizantes con el lablab.

El sistema de raíces profundo y prolífico del lablab (tanto en suelos arenosos como arcillosos) le da una gran ventaja en los trópicos semiáridos. Las raíces pueden aprovechar la humedad del suelo hasta una profundidad de 2,0 metros y permitir que el lablab complete un ciclo de vida completo sin riego.

  1. Frijol lablab

    Lablab purpureus puede crecer en un amplio rango de condiciones climáticas y tipos de suelo, dependiendo de la variedad elegida. Se cultiva ampliamente en todos los trópicos y subtrópicos y ocurre de manera silvestre en el África tropical (incluyendo Madagascar) e India. La palatabilidad del...
    Vegetable Legumes Grain Legumes (Pul... Green Manures and ... Pasture and Forage...

  2. Lablab (Lablab purpureus) New Staple Crop for the Sudano Sahel

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    20/1/2013 About 98% of agricultural production in the Sudano Sahelian region of West and Central Africa is based on rainfed crops. With a mean annual rainfall of 300 to 800 mm/year, the number of staple crops is very limited. It includes two grain crops: pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) for sandy soils...
    Lablab Pulses Intercropping Food Security FMNR Forage Crop Nitrogen Fixation Rain-fed Agriculture

  3. Apoyo adicional para el uso de lablab en zonas secas

    20/4/2013 El artículo por Dov Pasternak sobre lablab (en este número) me recordó el material en los archivos de ECHO de hace varios años. Reimar von Schaaffhausen, trabajando en São Paulo, Brasil, envió artículos y cartas a lo largo de los años sobre el valioso papel que el lablab (y el frijol gandul...
    Lablab GMCC Intercropping

  4. Comparison of Appropriate Tropical Seed Storage Techniques for Germplasm Conservation in Mountainous Sub-Tropical Climates with Resource Constraints

    Experimental Agriculture Croft, M., Bicksler, A., Manson, J., & Burnette, R. (2013). COMPARISON OF APPROPRIATE TROPICAL SEED STORAGE TECHNIQUES FOR GERMPLASM CONSERVATION IN MOUNTAINOUS SUB-TROPICAL CLIMATES WITH RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. Experimental Agriculture, 49(02), 279-294. Summary...
    Seed Bank Seed Systems Vacuum Sealing

  5. Local Treatments and Vacuum Sealing as Novel Control Strategies for Stored Seed Pests in the Tropics

    Agronomy for Sustainable Development Brian Lawrence, Abram Bicksler, Kimberly Duncan Abstract : Prevention of pests while maintaining viable seed during storage is often challenging for smallholder farmers in the tropics and subtropics. Investment in costly technologies or storage equipment is...
    Bruchids Vacuum Sealing Lablab Stored seed pests Seed Storage Crop Diversity Germplasm

  6. Lablab, An Under-estimated Crop Finds its Niche

    8/2/2017 Dolichos lablab is an under estimated crop which recently is finding its niche Presenter :Wilfred L Mariki is a retired Principal Agricultural Research Officer, from Selian Agricultural Research Institute who pioneered a country program to introduce CA in Tanzania 1999 – 2011, under FAO-UN. He...
    Lablab Dolichos Lablab East Africa

  7. The Use of Green Manure/Cover Crops for Relay Cropping in Northern Thailand

    1/7/2011 This article is from ECHO Asia Note #10 Introduction During the late rainy season, the permanent hill fields that surround a cluster of hilltribe villages in the Chiang Dao district of northern Thailand radiate various hues of green. These verdant fields, belonging to ethnic Lisu, Lahu, Akha,...
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  8. Potentially Important Food Plants of the Philippines

    20/3/2019 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of the Philippines. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are...
    Peppers Potato Yam Ube Sweet Potato Kamote Cassava Kamoteng Kahoy Rice Taro Gabi West Indian Arrowroot Snake Bean Cowpea Winged Bean Pigeon Pea Common Bean Lablab Mung Bean Kangkong Bok Choy Chinese Cabbage Sweetfern Vegetable Fern Leaf Mustard Jute Bush Okra Banana Guava Papaya Jackfruit Pomelo Mango Mangosteen Soursop Rambutan Okra eggplant Pumpkin Choko Bitter Cucumber Angled Loofah Horseradish Tree Moringa Bird's Eye Chillies Avocado Coconut Lemon Grass Lima Beans Asia

  9. Potentially Important Food Plants of Bangladesh

    20/9/2015 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common food plants of Bangladesh. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every country are very...
    Sunflowers Comb Fringe Grass Finger Millet Barley Pearl Barley Cassava Taro Niger Seed Sweet Potato Bottle Gourd Pigeon Pea Lablab Horse Gram Mung Bean Chickling Vetch Rice Bean Indian Spinach Spinach Amaranth Wild Amaranth Hibiscus Jute Yellow Wood-sorrel Ivy Gourd Pomelo Pawpaw Papaya Jackfruit Canteloupe Bullock's Heart Bael Fruit Cape Gooseberry Governor's Plum Asian Pennywort Vegetable Kenaf Pumpkin Marrow Bitter Cucumber Beetroot Fat Hen Peanut Horseradish Tree Moringa Tamarind Coastal Almond Foxtail Millet Lotus FPS Jackbean Asia

  10. Khyati

    A bush variety from India. Attractive white flowers and edible pods and beans. Remove any vining plants as variety is not 100% non-vining. Protect plants from insect pests. Green pods and green shelled peas are delicious when cooked with spices.
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