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Forage and livestock. Sources of forage. Grasslands. Annual and perennial fodder crops. Crop residues and agricultural by-products. Forage and livestock production systems. Current inputs to forage systems. Input of forage into different livestock production systems. Main limitations to forage production. climate. Soil conditions. Species. Management. Socio-economico constraints. Overcoming limitations to improving forage resources. Soil fertility. Improved species. Management and socio-economico constraints. Selection of species to be included in this volume. Species primarily in cultivation as a food crop. Prospects. Aeschynomene americana. Aeschynomene falcata. Albizia lebbeck. Alysicarpus vaginalis. Andropogon gayanus. Arachis glabrata. Arachis pintoi. Arundinaria pusilla. Asystasia gangetica. Axonopus compressus. Bothriochloa pertusa. Bhachiaria brizanta. Brachiaria decumbens. Brachiaria dictyoneura. Brachiaria distachya. Brachiaria humidicola. Brachiaria mutica. Brachiaria ruziziensis. Brachiaria subquadripara. Calliandra calotryrsus. Calopogonium caeruleum. Calopogonium mucunoides. Canavalia ensiformis. Cenchrus ciliaris. Centotheca latifolia. Centrosema acutifolium. Centrosema macrocarpum. Centrosema pascuorum. Centrosema pascuorum Centrosema pubescens. Chemaecrista rotundifolia. Chloris gayana. Chrysopogon aciculatus. Chrysopogon orientalis. Clitoria ternatea. Codariocalyx gyroides. Crotalaria juncea. Cynodon dactylon. Cynodon nlemfuensis. Dactyloctenium aegyptium. Desmanthus virgatus. Desmodium heterocarpon. Desmodium heterocarpon ssp. ovalifolium. Desmodium heterophyllum. Desmodium incanum. Desmodium intortum. Desmodium triflorum. Desmodium uncinatum. Dichanthium annulatum. Digitaria ciliaris. Digitaria eriantha. Digitaria milanjiana. Enchiinochloa colona. Echinochloa crus-galli. Eragrostis tenella. Eragrostis unioides. Ficus subcordata. Flemingia macrophylla. Gliricidia sepium. Heteropogon contortus. Hymenachne acutigluma. Imperata cylindrica. Ischaemum ciliare. Ischaemum magnum. Schaemum muticum. Ischaemum rugosum. Ischaemum timorense. Leptochloa chinensis. Leucaenaq leucocephala. Lotononis bainesii. Macroptilium atropurpureum. Macroptilum lathyroides. Macroptilium longepedunculatum. Macrotylomma axillare. Medicago sativa. Microstegium ciliatum. Mikania cordata. Neonotonia wightii. Ottochloa nodosa. Panicum maximum var trichoglume. Panicum repens. Paspalum conjugatum. Paspalum dilatatum. Paspalum distichum. Paspalum notatum. Paspalum plicatulum. Paspalum scrobiculatum. Pennisetum clandestinum. Pennisetum polystachion. Pennisetum purpureum. Pueraria phaseoloides. Sacharum spontaneum. Sesbania grandiflora. Sesbania seban. Setaria sphacelata. Sorghum x almum. Sorghum, artificial perennial hubrids. Sorghum x drummondii. Stenotaphrum secundatum. Stylosanthes capitata. Stylosanthes guianensis. Stylosanthes hamata. Stylosanthes humilis. Stylosanthes macrocephala. Stylosanthes scabra. Themeda triandra. Thysanoleana latifolia. Trifolium repens. Trifolium semipilosum. Tripsacum andersonii. Urochloa mosambicensis. Vigna parkeri. Zoysia matrella. Minor forages. Forages with other primary use.
Grain legumes, including common-bean, chickpea, pigeonpea, pea, cowpea, lentil and others, form important constituents of global diets, both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Despite this significant role, global production has increased only marginally in the past 50 years. The slow production growth, along with a rising human population and improved buying capacity has substantially reduced the per capita availability of food legumes. Changes in environmental climate have also had significant impact on production, creating a need to identify stable donors among genetic resources for environmentally robust genes and designing crops resilient to climate change. Genetic and Genomic Resources of Grain Legume Improvement is the first book to bring together the latest resources in plant genetics and genomics to facilitate the identification of specific germplasm, trait mapping and allele mining to more effectively develop biotic and abiotic-stress-resistant grains. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers, crop biologists and students working with crop development. - Explores origin, distribution and diversity of grain legumes - Presents information on germplasm collection, evaluation and maintenance - Offers insight into pre-breeding/germplasm enhancement efforts - Integrates genomic and genetic resources in crop improvement - Internationally contributed work
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.