Forage tree legumes in tropical agriculture /
edited by Ross C. Gutteridge and H. Max Shelton
- Willingford,UK : CAB INT., c1994.
- viii, 389 p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction The role of forage tree legumes in the cropping and grazing systems
Chapter 2. Origins and characteristics of the principal forage tree legumes specie Leucaena leucocephala -the most widely used forage tree legume Gliricidia sepium -a multpurpose forage tree legumes The perennial ssebania species Calliundra calothyrsus - a multipurpose tree legume for humid locations Albezia lebbeck -a promissing forage tree for semiarid region
Chapter 3. Agronomy and management of tree legumes Diversity within tropical and shrub legumes Enviromental adaptation of forage tree legumes Establishment of forage tree legumes Microbial symbioses of tree and shrub legumes Defoliation Management of forage tree legumes
Chapter 4. Animal production from tree legumes The nutritive value of tree legumes Tree legumes as diety supplementary Anti nutritive and toxic factors in forage tree legumes Management of anti-nutritive factors with special reference toleucaena The role of leucaena in improving the productivity of grazindpg cattles
Chapter 5. Multipurpose use of tree legumes in tropical farming system The use of tree legumes for fuel wood production Forage tree legumes in Alley cropping systems
Chapter 6.Insects and diseases of tree legumes The leucaena psyllid diseases of tree legumes Insects pest of forage tree legumes:Biology and non chemical control
Capter 7. Region studies using tree legumes Management of mulga (acacia aneura) scrubland in southwest Queenland Acacia nolitica- a tree legume out of control Beef production from broadacre leucaena in central queensland Slopping agricultural land technolgy (SALT) in the phyllippines The use of forage tree legumes in Timor Indonesia