Leucaena (Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit) has proven to be a very productive tropical legume, but the factors which control production under intensive management have not been well defined. Thus three harvest frequencies (based on attained plant height), three population densities, and two plant types of leucaena were evaluated at North Kohala, Hawaii (120-m elevation, Typic Ustropept). Pl...

Protein in red clover (Trifolium pratense L.), a forage that does not contain condensed tannins, has been found to be degraded less extensively in the rumen than the protein in other non-tannin legumes. The objective of this study was to determine if there are genetic differences in rumen degradability of the protein in red clover forage. Field grown forage was harvested from 133 red clover ent...

The loss of long-tongued pollinator species and dominance a few short-tongued generalist species, related to agricultural intensification in recent decades, may have consequences for the quality, quantity, stability yields insect-pollinated crops. Interestingly, changes community coincide with an increase poor variable seed yield red clover, important crop green manure forage production. Howeve...

A demonstration was conducted to examine the stored forage yield and stored forage quality of two different hay forage management systems. The forage management systems were a hay harvest only system or a complimentary hayround bale silage harvest system. The hay system harvested bermudagrass forage as hay during the summer when weather conditions allowed, the complimentary system harvested ber...

in order to select and release of alborz-1, the new cultivar of crimson clover suitable for cropping systems based on clover planting, several research projects were carried out at seed and plant improvement institute (spii) during 1997-2008. these studies were carried out using a split plot design (based on a rcbd) with 12 treatments and four replications in karaj, dezful and esfahan research ...

Water shortage is the primary limiting factor for crop production and long-term agricultural sustainability of the North China Plain. Forage cultivation emerged recently in this region. A fiver-year field experiment studies were conducted at Yucheng Integrated Experiment Station to quantify the water requirement and water use efficiency of seven forage varieties under climate variability, that ...

A comprehensive review, based on about 180 references, synthesizing research and development Stylosanthes guianensis accession CIAT 184 is presented. This genotype has been widely tested across the tropics was developed into commercial cultivars in several countries. Agronomic evaluations a range of disciplines other numerous countries tropical America, Africa, Southeast Asia China, utilization...

Emerging contaminants in wastewater and sewage sludge spread on agricultural soil can be transferred to the human food web directly by uptake into food crops or indirectly following uptake into forage crops. This study determined uptake and translocation of the organophosphates tris(1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP) (log Kow 2.59), triethyl-chloro-phosphate (TCEP) (log Kow 1.44), tributyl pho...

in order to evaluate the impact of different amounts of nitrogen fertilizer on growth and yield of two forage sorghum cultivars, a 2-year field experiment was carried out at the college of agriculture, shiraz university, shiraz, iran during 2010 and 2011 growing seasons. two factorial experiments were carried out in randomized block design with three replicates, in which the treatments included...