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The Mexican yam bean
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The Mexican yam bean
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Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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Known as cassava-bean or yam-bean in the Caribbean islands or Pachyrhizus erosus by scientists, is a vegetable that has both the advantages of legumes and root of vegetables. Like root crops, it gves an abundant harvest: 40t per hectare on average and up to 80-90t/ha when the flowers are nipped off in the bud. It can be eaten raw or cooked, is very rich in protein and does not contain any antinutritional factor. It is propagated by seed and, like other legumes, fixes atmospheric nitrogen, thus providing some of its own nitrogen requirements. Stems and leaves can be used as a green manure. They can also provide a good fodder for cattle, but they must be cut before flowering because the seeds and pods contain rotenone, a respiratory poison used as an insecticide. Indeed, ground seeds can be used to prevent insect damage to crops. C Zinsou INRA Centre de recherches agronomiques des Antilles et de la Guyane BP 1232 F97184 Pointe ?itre Cedex GUADELOUPE Known as cassava-bean or yam-bean in the Caribbean islands or Pachyrhizus erosus by scientists, is a vegetable that has both the advantages of legumes and root of vegetables. Like root crops, it gves an abundant harvest: 40t per hectare on average... |
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2014-10-08T13:15:58Z
2014-10-08T13:15:58Z 1989 |
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News Item
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CTA. 1989. The Mexican yam bean. Spore 22. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
1011-0054 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45112 |
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en
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Spore, Spore 22
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CTA
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Spore
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