Author : Ross C. Gutteridge
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 13,89 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
An introduction to fodder tree legumes. Using case studies, the book describes the main genera and species concerned, discusses the production and management of tree legumes, and examines animal production, including topics such asutritive value
Author : Kenneth J. Moore
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 966 pages
File Size : 30,40 MB
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1119436613
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.
Author : W.D. Pitman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 37,66 MB
Release : 2000-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 1420038788
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
Author : John R Lazier
Publisher : CABI
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 33,30 MB
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1780646283
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.
Author : Cory Matthew
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,33 MB
Release : 2018-03-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3038424889
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Forage Plant Ecophysiology" that was published in Agriculture
Author : C. George Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 26,78 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Forage crops
ISBN :
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 2002-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780894991929
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.
Author : B. T. Kang
Publisher : IITA
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,76 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Agroforestry
ISBN : 0333600800
The Tropical Agriculturalist is a series of practical field guides and textbooks for: producers, farmers and farm managers, agricultural extension officers agricultural diploma, degree and vocational students, teachers and lecturers, senior secondary students, as reference books, adult education, rural and community development programmes.
Author : R. A. Leng
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Florencia Montagnini
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 1999-12-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781420049466
During the Green Revolution in many developing countries, agroforestry systems tended to reflect modern agricultural systems by their intensive use of fertilizers, pesticides, and site modifications to fit the desired crop. Since the 1980's, agroforestry has learned from traditional indigenous systems to work more closely with the fertility of marginal lands through the use of less intensive cultivation and fallow periods. True to its title, this volume provides a silvicultural framework for thinking about the design and practice of agroforestry systems. Unlike many general agroforestry books, The Silvicultural Basis for Agroforestry Systems emphasizes research and thoughts from a forestry perspective rather than an agricultural one. Many of the examples used in this reference are based on the ecological theory of forests that concern the competition for resources of plant-plant and plant-animal mixtures. This guide also uses the knowledge gained about the temporal and spatial dynamic and productivity of forests as the basis for silvicultural applications in agroforestry systems. The Silvicultural Basis for Agroforestry Systems contains three parts:
