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Subject listing for: Legume Cover Crops |
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This page has information on velvetbean, the most widely used cover crop in the tropics. Velvetbean's benefits include fixation of atmospheric N, improvement of the soil's physical properties, and weed control.
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This brief 1989 International Ag Sieve article contains a description of marejea, or sunn hemp Crotalaria ochroleuca, its cultivation and uses.
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This site contains an article on Lablab purpureus. The article includes information on its history, distribution, botany, agronomy, and uses.
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El sitio da acceso a boletines en línea documentando experiencias con distintos sistemas de cultivos de cobertura / abonos verdes asociados con maíz, maicillo (sorgo), hortalizas, y plantaciones de frutales, café, palmas africanas y más.
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This site contains on-line extension brochures originally developed by CIAT Uganda and the Soil Fertility Network. Topics include mucuna, canavalia, root (mole) rats and tephrosia, and pigeon pea.
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This site contains English language summaries of year 2001 traffic on COBERAGRI-L, a Spanish language cover crops mailing list coordinated by the International Cover Crops Clearinghouse (CIDICCO).
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A paper describing the essential impact of farmer interaction on the course of experimentation, results, and adoption of mucuna in Benin. This paper is from the book "Cover Crops in West Africa".
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This 2001 Ph.D.-thesis by Henrik Hauggaard-Nielsen (Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL), Copenhagen, Denmark) is available online in pdf format from Riso National Laboratory in Denmark.
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Conclusion of Cover Crops in Hillside Agriculture Farmer Innovation with Mucuna, a book by Daniel Buckles, Bernard Triomphe, and Gustavo Sain
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Este articulo de investigación evalúa la labranza mínima con barbecho natural y con Canavalia ensiformis como barbecho mejorado en el sistema de maíz mecanizado en el Valle Mediodel Río Yaracuy, Venezuela. (Revista VENESUELOS, 1998)
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African Conservation Tillage Network leaflets (PDF) on aspects of conservation tillage including soil quality, rainwater productivity, economics, and crop residue management and cover crops.
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This is a report of Ghana's legume cover crops, institutions involved in cover crop activities, and promising cover crop systems.
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This Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (Canada) website contains plant descriptions and other information including some photos of legume, non-legume, and grass cover crop species.
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This article investigates the history of adoption of forage legumes by farmers in Northern Nigeria, and discusses prospects for future adoption.
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An on-line book that provides a comprehensive evaluation of the use of velvetbean as a cover crop on the hillsides of Northern Honduras. This book is also available in Spanish, and both versions are available on line. Ordering information is available, and a French Résumé is included.
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Este libro proporciona una evaluación general del uso del frijol terciopelo como cultivo de cobertura en las laderas del norte de Honduras y examina las oportunidades y los factores limitantes que presentan los cultivos de cobertura, sobre todo en las zonas húmedas tropicales.
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This page has 3 Mulch-L postings regarding canavalia. The discussion originates as cover crops of Vietnam.
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Mulch-L mailing list correspondence
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This is a Mulch-L mailing list correspondence on erect mucuna varieties.
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This paper reports economic results from a 2-year on-station evaluation in Ibadan, Nigeria of four systems in which food crops were planted with leguminous cover crops, with and without fertilizer.
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This article in a 1996 ILEIA Newsletter describes traditional food uses that make two nitrogen-fixing crops, Mucuna pruriens and Canavalia ensiformis more interesting for small farmers.
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Los tratamientos evaluados antes y durante el ciclo del cultivo de maíz en este estudio fueron: 1) cobertura de barbecho
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Este estudio evaluó, bajo lluvia simulada, las pérdidas de suelos y agua donde se aplicaron coberturas de barbecho mejorado solas o combinadas con estiércol de pollo, en calidades y cantidades diferentes. Los residuos utilizados fueron de Crotalaria juncea y Cajanus cajan. Revista VENESUELOS (1996).
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Este recurso de CIDICCO muestra fotos de varios cultivos de cobertura e información técnica sobre la cultivación de los mismos. También enlace a la Guía Parcial para el Uso de Cultivos de Cobertura según Zona Agroecológica.
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El artículo "Cómo hacerlo" publicado en la Revista Agroforestería en las Américas (Vol.7 No. 27 2000) explora porque son útiles los barbechos mejorados y ofrece algunas recomendaciones para su establecimiento en los barbechos.
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En este artículo de investigación se evalúan Crotalaria juncea, Cajanus cajan, Phaseolus lunatus y Canavalia ensiformis para su uso potencial en sistemas de mínima labranza de maíz, Valle Medio del Río Yaracuy, Venezuela. (Revista VENESUELOS, 1996)
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En este trabajo se evaluó el comportamiento de asociaciones y monocultivos de canavalia y maíz en parcelas experimentales, con una densidad constante y proporciones variadas de siembra. Se estimó también la biomasa aérea de maleza, el Indice de Area Foliar (IAF) y la humedad del suelo en la época de máxima biomasa aérea de los cultivos. Agronomía Tropical (1989).
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An overview of Hairy Vetch and its importance and use as a legume cover crop. University of Massachusetts extension material.
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This is a sheet with dynamic information on regenerative agriculture, and the role of leguminous plants in this process.
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La página de entrada a los informes técnicos accesibles en línea del Centro Internacional de Información sobre Cultivos de Cobertura (CIDICCO). Contiene breves artículos que documentan sistemas y resultados de estudios de abonos verdes o de cultivos de cobertura.
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ILDIS is a searchable (by species name) international database of legume species. Available information on each species includes scientific and common names, geographical distribution, and literature references.
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Un breve resumen de un proyecto de investigación y desarrollo apoyado por la Fundación Rockefeller: descripción, fotos, avances y dificultades. Trabajaron con frijol común (Phaseolus vulgaris, frijol nescafé (Mucuna pruriens y Canavalia ensiformis en sistemas de producción de maíz y/o ganado.
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Breve artículo de investigación publicado en la Revista Agroforestería en las Américas (Vol.7 No. 28 2000). Por medio de métodos participativos fueron probadas 21 diferentes leguminosas por sus servicios para mejorar el suelo, controlar las malezas y producir algún producto comestible.
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An overview of Vigna unguiculata (cowpea)
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En esta edición No. 11 de Noticias Sobre Cultivos de Cobertura se presenta información sobre el cultivo y uso de la jícama: como se cultivan, labores, usos del follaje, costo de producción, rendimientos, ventajas, desventajas y aspectos a investigar. Basado en el caso de la comunidad de Las Lomas, Colomoncagua, Intibucá, Honduras.
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This 1990 article in International Ag-Sieve briefly discusses results of experiments in Brazil to evaluate the efficacy of green manures as a nitrogen source for succeeding maize crops.
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This project contains the newsletters regarding the Legume Project. This project identify suitable legume species for regions in Kenya and develops better farming systems for that region. The project also includes information agronomy, evaluation of grain legumes, seed bulking as well as livestock feeding studies
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Este libro proporciona una evaluación general del uso del frijol terciopelo como cultivo de cobertura en las laderas del norte de Honduras y examina las oportunidades y los factores limitantes que presentan los cultivos de cobertura, sobre todo en las zonas húmedas tropicales. Quizás lo más importante sea contar la historia de una innovación que ha dado buenos resultados a los agricultores.
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Bibliografía
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The International Livestock Research Institute discusses initial screening methods, schemes for further evaluation, planning an evaluation, as well as experimental design and analysis.
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This paper answers questions regarding the benefits from improved leguminous fallows, mixed species fallows, recommended species combinations as well as the management of mixed species fallows.
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Mucuna fallows were introduced to 15 farmers in Benin in 1987, and by 1999 approximately 10,000 farmers were using Mucuna there. This 21 page pdf article discusses the process of diffusion.
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This 1990 research note reports that a leguminous cover crop, mucuna (Mucuna pruriens var. Utilis), has now been shown to effectively help control the spread of imperata grass (Imperata cylindrica).
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Mucuna News is a bulletin published four times in 2001 by CIEPCA (Center for Cover Crops Information and Seed Exchange in Africa). The bulletin is an informal forum for information exchange on the food and feed uses of mucuna. All four issues are available on-line from this site.
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Esta publicación en la Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay) evalúa el efecto de dos sistemas de coberturas en el cultivo de algodón en Venezuela. Los tratamientos incluyen: labranza convencional, labranza mínima con residuos de Crotalaria juncea, labranza mínima con residuos de barbecho natural y labranza mínima con subsolado y residuos de Crotalaria.
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Esta hoja técnica y sencilla introduce el uso de mucuna y canavalia como abonos verdes que pueden controlar malezas en varios sistemas de producción de maíz. Presentado por INFOAGRO, Sistema de Información del Sector Agropecuario del gobierno de Costa Rica.
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This is a Mulch-L listserve posting on cover crops by Roland Bunch of COSECHA in Honduras. According to this correspondence, mucuna has become a sustained technology in one area of Belize.
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Indice a los documentos descriptivos de los proyectos actuales del Centro Internacional de Información Sobre Cultivos de Cobertura (CIDICCO). Incluye estudios y documentación de sistemas y prácticas agrícolas con varios cultivos de cobertura y abonos verdes.
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La présente recherche a été effectuée dans la zone de transition entre 1993 et 1995 afin de déterminer l'effet du Mucuna sur le chiendent et sur le rendement du maïs.
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A section of the 1997 IITA Annual Report, this page discusses the use of Pueraria as a cover crop and gives a report of a long term cropping trial in Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Información sobre la canavalia de punto de vista alimentación animal: composición de la materia orgánica, digestibilidad y valor nutritivo de las semillas. (Fuente: base de datos de la FAO)
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An in depth look at legumes and their role in soil health. Includes photographs of several legume species.
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This site which is being developed, contains a multi-lingual list of common names for a variety of species of Phaseolus.
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This USDA Soil Quality - Agronomy Technical Note from 1999 recommends sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L) as a productive summer annual and an alternative winter cover crop/green manure for southern and tropical farming systems.
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This University of Florida Research & Education Center page gives a plant description of sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea L.), its uses, climate and soils, and management practices.
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An article on Hillside Agriculture in Colombia involving a variety of watersheds and the use of ecologically sound technologies. This article is also available in Spanish.
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Available online in pdf format, this 23 page, 1997 US Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service publication, describes a sustainable tomato production system using a winter annual legume, hairy vetch (Vicia villosa), as a cover crop and mulch to improve soil fertility and reduce weeds.
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Pagina informativa sobre el Tarwi, una leguminosa herbácea de usos múltiples que se cultiva principalmente entre 2000-3800 msnm. en climas templado-fríos. Es una planta tradicional para consumo humano, usada como abono verde en la región andina de Ecuador, Perú y Bolivia.
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This is a report of the decline of mucuna-maize system in Honduras.
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This site contains CIEPCA newsletters, Mucuna news, Legume research network project newsletters, as well as the CIDICCO bulletins.
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This Singapore based seed source company harvests, processes, and markets legume cover crop, pasture, lawn, medicinal, and shrub and tree seeds for tropical and subtropical companies. The site contains a species list and contact information (mail, email, phone, and fax). Contact the company for ordering instructions.
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This paper examines current knowledge of velvetbean, Mucuna spp. (Fabaceae), and provides new data on its phytochemistry, toxicology, and food potential.
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An investigation of tree - cover crop interactions and soil response in an intercropping system, in which leguminous and grass cover crops were used with birch (red-leaved
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Los tratamientos considerados en esta investigación en el estado Aragua, Venezuela, fueron: canavalia regada cada 5 días, canavalia regada cada 10 días, soya regada cada 5 días y soya regada cada 10 días. Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía de LUZ (1999).
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This site has information on the use of mucuna to control
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This brief article from West Virginia University's extension service offers suggestions on choosing and establishing a winter cover crop.
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