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Most tropical forage legumes show promise for low-fertility tropical pastures, particularly C. brasilianum and M. bracteatum.
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e0“Survival, herbage yield and nutrient use efficiency of ten tropical forage legumes were compared in pot trials using two soil types (red and yellow kandosols)”
e1“Most of the legumes show promise for use in low-fertility tropical pastures, particularly C. brasilianum and M. bracteatum”
Title
Regrowth performance of tropical forage legumes on infertile soils
Andi L. Amar; Ross J. Coventry; Robert A. Congdon; et al. Science Archives 2023. doi:10.47587/sa.2023.4210
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- Observation Macroptilium bracteatum had 93.8% survival in the two-soil pot trials.
- Observation Stylosanthes hamata had 87.5% survival in the two-soil pot trials.
- Observation Desmodium pubescens had 68.8% survival in the two-soil pot trials.
- Observation Arachis paraguariensis had 37.5% survival and was less successful.
- Observation Macroptilium martii had 25.0% survival and was less successful.
- Observation Centrosema pascuorum had 18.8% survival and was less successful.
- Observation Centrosema brasilianum, Desmodium virgatus and Stylosanthes scabra survived best.
- Observation Arachis triseminalis was less successful in survival.
- Observation Centrosema brasilianum gave the highest herbage yields.
- Observation Macroptilium bracteatum ranked after C. brasilianum for herbage yield.
- Observation Stylosanthes cultivars ranked after C. brasilianum for herbage yield.
- Observation Centrosema pascuorum gave high yields in the first three harvests.
- Observation Macroptilium martii gave high yields in the first three harvests.
- Observation Stylosanthes cultivars produced the most root nodules.
- Observation A. paraguariensis, C. pascuorum, C. brasilianum and M. martii followed in root nodule production.
- Observation D. pubescens, D. virgatus, M. martii, A. triseminalis and C. brasilianum had the highest nitrogen-use efficiencies.
- Observation C. brasilianum and the two Stylosanthes cultivars had the highest phosphorus-use efficiencies.
- Association All legumes significantly increased the nitrogen content of the two soils.