Resources Tagged: Legume

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  1. 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

  2. Performance of Jack Bean Seed that ECHO Sent Us.

    1999-03-19 This is a good example of how quickly seeds can multiply. “Of the 8 seeds that were sent 4 were planted in a placewhere sunlight was restricted to about 4 hours a day. These gave very few pods. The 4 others got more sunlight and we got a harvest of 185 seeds so far. We have planted 160 of these...
    Jackbean Legume Cover Crops Green Manures Seeds

  3. Effect of Neem Leaf Extract on N-Fixing in Beans

    2009-04-01 In a recent publication of the Journal of Agronomy for Sustainable Development, researchers (Montes-Molina et al) found that the antibacterial properties of neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf extract significantly lower the soil population of the bacterium Rhizobium spp. in plantings of beans...
    Nitrogen Fixation Neem Natural Pesticides Rhyzobia Legume Pesticide

  4. Crotalaria juncea, a promising green manure crop for the tropics

    This article is from ECHO Asia Note #3 Crotalaria juncea, or sunn hemp, is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae) grown in many countries as a green manure or forage crop. Originating in South Asia, but with a common cultivar developed in Hawaii, it is a fastgrowing, drought-tolerant and...
    Nitrogen Fixation Legume Cover Crops Green Manures Green Manure Cover... Green Manures and ... Asia

  5. Legume Trees and Other Fodder Trees as Protein Sources for Livestock

    Proceedings of the FAO Expert Consultation held at the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1991. In conclusion, in a situation where feeds remain the major constraint for livestock development and the major component of the cost of animal...
    Cattle-Feeding and... Legume

  6. Processing and Utilization of Legumes in the Tropics

    Legumes belong to the family Leguminosae. In the tropics, they are the next important food crop after cereals (37). They are sources of low-cost dietary vegetable proteins and minerals when compared with animal products such as meat, fish and egg (8). Indigenous legumes therefore are an important...
    Soya bean Soybeans Cowpea Locust Bean Chickpea Fava Bean Groundnuts Jackbean Beans Legume

  7. Legume Intercropping with Moringa and Maize

    2015-03-26 Through research in South Africa, ECHO has been developing best-practicesfor growing Moringa and other crops. This reasearch, through the Howard G. Buffet Foundation, demonstrates growing Moringaon a large scale for powder production including soil fertility management and pruning. This...
    Intercropping Maize Legume Moringa

  8. Pesticidal Plant Extracts Improve Yield and Reduce Insect Pests on Legume Crops Without Harming Beneficial Arthropods

    Abstract, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2018 In the fight against arthropod crop pests using plant secondary metabolites, most research has focussed on the identification of bioactive molecules. Several hundred candidate plant species and compounds are now known to have pesticidal properties...
    Botanical pesticides Arthropods Legume

  9. A "2:4:2" Maize/Legume Intercropping Pattern

    2016-10-18 While doing legume intercropping research in South Africa (2010-2015), ECHO staff members learned about a system of cereal/cowpea production developed in Nigeria through research by IITA (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture) and national partners (Ajeigbe et al. 2010a, Ajeigbe et al....
    242 Intercropping ... Maize Legume Intercropping Conservation Agric... Strip Cropping

  10. Inoculation of Leguminous Crops and Trees

    2008-10-20 When a legume is growing in its native habitat, it is likely that the appropriate bacteria are present in the soil. If nodules are present on the roots, especially along the taproot near the crown, and if the nodules are pink or red inside, then an appropriate bacterial strain is living in the...
    Inoculants Inoculation Legume Nitrogen Fixation