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Discussions regarding cover crops in cornhills
(12/24/01 - 12/27/01)

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From: William Cook
To: mulch-l@cornell.edu
Subject: Beans In Cornhills
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001

All,

Is there anyone actively promoting insertion of velvet, lablab, wing, scarlet runner, lima...(perennial) bean into cornhills? Seasons Best,

WmCook
Honolulu

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From: Robert Carsky
To: MULCH-L@cornell.edu
Subject: RE: Beans In Cornhills
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001

In West Africa we mostly work with mucuna, soybean, cowpea, kudzu, and lablab. Best recent reviews are in Sustaining Soil Fertility in West Africa. SSSA Special Publication no. 58, Soil Science Society of America and American Society of Agronomy, Madison, WI, USA.

Best wishes,

Bob Carsky
CIEPCA/IITA, Benin

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