An integrated forage-legume cropping system has immense potential to address the issue of land degradability. It provides a critical understanding capacity diversified species mixes vs. monocultures boost forage production and dynamics soil organic carbon (SOC) phosphorus (P). In this study, we assessed performance Napier Bajra Hybrid (NBH) (Pennisetum glaucum × P. purpureum) + cowpea (Vigna un...

Proteins are among the major constituents of a healthy and balanced human diet. Legumes have been serving as a human food-source for many centuries (Imsande, 2003). Notably, grain legumes (pulses) are very rich in protein-types and contribute to the human protein requirements as a primary and affordable source of proteins and minerals (Bohra et al., 2014). The United Nations has declared 2016 a...

Smallholder farmers in the Guinea savanna practise cereal-legume intercropping to mitigate risks of crop failure in mono-cropping. The productivity of cereal-legume intercrops could be influenced by the spatial arrangement of the intercrops and the soil fertility status. Knowledge on the effect of soil fertility status on intercrop productivity is generally lacking in the Guinea savanna despite...

The crop chosen for this study is chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as the fourth most important legume in Australian agriculture (FAOSTAT 2004). One of the major obstacles in growing this crop is its poor competitive ability with weeds, which leads to significant reductions in yield. The best method to control weeds in crops such as chickpea is through the use of integrated weed management (IWM). ...

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an annual legume which is also known as peanut, earthnut, monkeynut and ground bean. Among the major oil seed crops, groundnut has some specific advantages because of its use in many food products. The present study is planned to characterize different groundnut varieties, grown under similar conditions, for their chemical composition and nutritional assay. Fa...

Many weeds interfere with the productivity of wheat and other winter annual crops; however, one common weed Medicago denticulata, appears to have a beneficial effect. An experiment was conducted at Agricultural Experimental Farm of the Indian Statistical Institute, Giridih, Jharkhand to observe the effect of M. denticulata (a legume) on different crops yield of barley (Hordeum vulgare Sensu lat...

Legume crops such as chickpea, pigeonpea and groundnut, mostly grown in marginal environments, are the major source of nutrition and protein to the human population in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. These crops, however, have a low productivity, mainly due to their exposure to several biotic and abiotic stresses in the marginal environments. Until 2005, these crops had limited genomics resources ...

Abstract. The clearing of trees and native vegetation over the past 160 years has caused deep drainage to groundwater in the Broken Plains area. Predictions are that continuing recharge will bring the water-table to within 2 metres of the surface over the next 30 years. This will lead to water-logging and dryland salinity. A solution is to introduce deep-rooted perennial species such as lucerne...

Nitrogen is essential for the proper growth and development of all fi eld crops including corn. Without suffi cient N, both corn yields and silage quality can be impacted. Too much N can be a waste of money and leads to environmental losses. Producers and consultants asked if additional N was needed for corn following legume and/or grass sods in the rotation (fi rst year corn) and if the answer...

Ancient DNA (aDNA) is any DNA extracted from ancient specimens, important for diverse evolutionary researches. The major obstacles in aDNA studies are mutations, contamination and fragmentation. Its studies may be crucial for crop history if integrated with human aDNA research and historical linguistics, both general and relating to agriculture. Legumes (Fabaceae) are one of the richest end eco...