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The Role of Centrosema, Desmodium, and Stylosanthes in Improving Tropical Pastures
Contributor(s): Burt, R. L. (Editor), Rotar, P. P. (Editor), Walker, J. L. (Editor)
ISBN: 0367295628     ISBN-13: 9780367295622
Publisher: CRC Press
OUR PRICE:   $171.00  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Agronomy - Crop Science
- Science | Life Sciences - General
Dewey: 633.3
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.5" W x 10" (0.85 lbs) 292 pages
 
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This integrated collection describes the importance of forage legumes for pasture development and improvement in the tropics and subtropics. Leading agronomists review the magnitude of the need for pasture improvement; tropical and subtropical soil and climate environments; reports of the successful use of legumes in pasture development in a wet and a dry tropical environment; and the scope of the problem in terms of area to be developed and development logistics required. Three legume genera,

    Centrosema, Desmodium,

and

    Stylosanthes,

are discussed in detail--information is presented on taxonomy, adaptation, distribution, productivity, and usefulness--and considerable emphasis is placed on

    Rhizobium

germplasm resources for these genera. A concluding section of technical essays addresses special considerations in using tropical legumes in pasture development and presents a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to legume exploration and evaluation.