Effects of organic inputs (OIs) on maize grain yield and chemical properties Ultisols were assessed at Msekera Misamfu Agricultural Research Stations in the medium high rainfall regions respectively Zambia. The OIs included biomasses leguminous species Cajanus cajan, Tephrosia vogelii, Crotalaria juncea, in-situ composted native grasses shrubs called fundikila, modified fundikila using Mucuna p...

The ground cover produced by green manures has a direct influence on weed suppression and, in addition, the biomass these same plants influences crop growth. This study was carried out to compare effect of manure species incidence weeds, sequence, order evaluate effects use productive characteristics maize plants. A completely randomised experimental design used, with 11 treatments and 4 replic...

The efficient use of green manure enhances sustainable nitrogen (N) cycling in agroecosystems. Appropriately utilizing the differences N and fiber between cultivars or harvesting times strengthens efficiency for subsequent crops. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify these differences. We clarified fibers from four sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.) commercial at two after spring summer seeding t...

Phytochemical investigation of the whole plants of Crotalaria sessiliflora L. led to the isolation of four flavonoids. The structures of these compounds were identified as 2',4',5,7-tetrahydroxyisoflavone (1), 2',4',7-trihydroxyisoflavone (2), 4',7-dihydroxyflavone (3), and isovitexin (4) using spectroscopic analysis. Among these, compounds 2, and 3 have not been reported from Crotalaria specie...

Yellow-seeded Brassica juncea is a novel canola species targeted to grow in the southern Canadian prairies where thermotolerance, disease resistance, and adaptation to dry agronomic conditions are required. The support of its cultivation needs nutritional evaluation of its coproduct. The B. juncea canola meal (CM) contains less fiber than conventional, dark-seeded Brassica napus CM but also sli...

Canola breeding program undertaken to improve meal quality has led to the development of canola quality (i.e., low glucosinolate, low erucic acid) form of B. juncea, a mustard species known for its pure yellow seed coat. Under Western Canadian conditions, B. juncea suffers less from heat and drought stress and matures earlier than B. napus, Such characteristics are the basis for high yields of ...