East Africa's grasses and fodders : their ecology and husbandry /
Boonman, Joseph G.
East Africa's grasses and fodders : their ecology and husbandry / Joseph G. Boonman. - Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1993. - xvii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. - Tasks for vegetation science ; 29 .
CONTENTS
Introduction
2. History of grassland development(1900_1970)
3 The grassland environment
4. Husbandry of natural grassland
5 From shifting cultivation to grass rotations
6. Species of cultivated grasses
7. The establishment and husbandry of sown grasses
8. Grass seed production in Kenya
9. Grass breeding at Kitale
10 Legumes in sown and grazed pastures
Part II fodders
11 Elephant grass as Fodder crop
12 Elephant grass husbandry
13 Elephant grass utilization
14. Alternative Fodder grasses
15. Grass sorghum
16 Fodder oats
17 Lucerne
18Other (non- graminaceus ) fodder crops
19 Hay and silage
Includes bibliographical references and index.
0792318676 (hb : acidfree paper)
Forage plants--Africa, East.
Grasses--Africa, East.
Pastures--Africa, East.
Grassland ecology--Africa, East.
633.2020967 / BON
East Africa's grasses and fodders : their ecology and husbandry / Joseph G. Boonman. - Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c1993. - xvii, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. - Tasks for vegetation science ; 29 .
CONTENTS
Introduction
2. History of grassland development(1900_1970)
3 The grassland environment
4. Husbandry of natural grassland
5 From shifting cultivation to grass rotations
6. Species of cultivated grasses
7. The establishment and husbandry of sown grasses
8. Grass seed production in Kenya
9. Grass breeding at Kitale
10 Legumes in sown and grazed pastures
Part II fodders
11 Elephant grass as Fodder crop
12 Elephant grass husbandry
13 Elephant grass utilization
14. Alternative Fodder grasses
15. Grass sorghum
16 Fodder oats
17 Lucerne
18Other (non- graminaceus ) fodder crops
19 Hay and silage
Includes bibliographical references and index.
0792318676 (hb : acidfree paper)
Forage plants--Africa, East.
Grasses--Africa, East.
Pastures--Africa, East.
Grassland ecology--Africa, East.
633.2020967 / BON