The crude seed extract of neem, black pepper, mahogani, and garlic bulb with three doses were evaluated against legume pod borer in the country bean field in two seasons kharif 2006 and rabi 2006-2007. The neem seed extract applied @150 and 100 g/l and mahogani seed extract @ 100 g/l of water 7 days intervals on the country bean showed better performance in the reduction of flower and pod damag...

Following inoculation with the fungus Helm inthosporium carbonum, excised leaflets of the tropical papilionate legume C alopogonium mucunoides have been found to produce isoneorautenol, a new dimethylpyrano-substituted isoflavonoid (pterocarpan) phytoalexin. This compound accumulates together with demethylmedicarpin, neodunol, tuberosin, sophorapterocarpan A , and a sixth highly antifungal isof...

A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the influence of two tropical isolates of Glomus fasciculatum and Glomus mosseae on the nutrient uptake and growth of Sesbania grandiflora. Inoculation of sterile soil with the fungi significantly improved growth and nutrient uptake by S. grandiflora, but the response of the legume was markedly better when the soil was inoculated with G. fascic...

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...

he forage legume cicera chickling (Lathyrus cicera (L.) D.C.) disributed in Mediterranean region is gaining importance in terms f economy and agriculture in Turkey. However, full potential of he legume has to be realized yet due to the presence of neuotoxin, -N-oxalyl-l-a, -diaminopropionoc acid (ODAP) causing athyrism. This study aimed to develop efficient micropropagation ystem using longitud...

Interseeding legumes into grass-dominated stands can benefit pasture and hay producers by increasing the yield and quality of forage they produce and reducing their need for inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. The challenge is to get the legumes established given the competition from existing vegetation. This study confirmed that suppressing the grasses with glyphosate prior to seeding results in th...

BACKGROUND It is postulated that a diet high in legumes may be beneficial in preventing diabetes. However, little empirical evidence on this association exists in developing countries. We aimed to examine the association between legume intake and self-reported diabetes status in adult men and women in India. METHODS The analysis is based on a population-based cross sectional study of 99,574 w...

The establishment of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between a legume plant and its rhizobial symbiont requires that the bacterium adapt to changing conditions that occur with the host plant that both promotes and allows infection of the host root nodule cell, regulates and resists the host defense response, permits the exchange of metabolites, and contributes to the overall health of the host. This ...

Abstract Diversifying cropping systems by increasing the number of cash and cover crops in crop rotation plays an important role improving resource use efficiency promoting synergy between ecosystem processes. The objective this study was to understand how combination diversification practices influences performance arable sequences terms grain yield, weed biomass, nitrogen acquisition a temper...

Rubiales D. (2014): Legume breeding for broomrape resistance. Czech J. Genet. Plant Breed., 50: 144–150. Legume cultivation is hampered in Mediterranean regions by the occurrence of the root parasitic weeds Orobanche crenata (crenate broomrape) and Orobanche foetida (foetida broomrape). Strategies of control have been developed but only marginal successes have been achieved. Most control method...