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Performance of legume mixtures under small-plot periodic grazing

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Title Performance of legume mixtures under small-plot periodic grazing
 
Creator Peters, Michael
Tarawali, Shirley A.
Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
Smith, Jimmy W.
Musa, A.
 
Subject feed legumes
crop performance
grazing
tropical crops
pastures
drought resistance
plant diseases
pests of plants
yields
palatability
nutritive value
 
Description The potential of pastures sown with species mixtures of tropical legume species compared with single species was investigated in subhumid west Africa, over a period of three grazing seasons. Through compensation and complementation of the individual legume species, the mixtures were seasonally and temporally (seasonal refers to different seasons in a year, temporal to different years) more stable than the single species stands. Crude protein contents of individual legumes in the mixtures were higher than of the same species grown in signle stands, indicating possible synergistic effects in the mixtures. The ability of legume mixtures to withstand environmental and management variations and thus, their subsequent potential for on-farm utilization under farmers; conditions are discussed.
 
Date 1999-03
2013-07-03T05:25:51Z
2013-07-03T05:25:51Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science;182(1): 25-35
0931-2250
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/32969
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-037x.1999.00254.x
 
Language en
 
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Limited Access
 
Format p. 25-35
 
Publisher Wiley
 
Source Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science