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The peak forage yield at flowering was 8.6 t/ha, from a December sowing of accession T58/ 13.
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t0“Lablab bean”
e4“the peak yield of 8.6 t/ha was obtained with a December sowing of accessions T58/ 13”
Title
Lablab bean ( Lablab purpureus ) for grain and forage production in the Ord irrigation area
IM Wood Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 1983. doi:10.1071/ea9830162
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Observation All lablab bean accessions were quantitative short-day plants flowering in the early dry season.
- Intervention effect Forage yield at flowering was generally unaffected by sowing between December and February.
- Intervention effect Forage yield at flowering declined with sowings later than December to February.
- Observation Forage yield at flowering showed marked differences between lablab bean accessions.
- Observation Leaf forage yield at the peak was 3.6 t/ha from accession T58/ 13.
- Observation Leaf of the peak-yield accession contained 3.7% nitrogen.
- Observation Stem forage yield at the peak was 5.0 t/ha from accession T58/ 13.
- Observation Stem of the peak-yield accession contained 1.1 % nitrogen.
- Observation Nitrogen uptake by the tops between sowing and flowering ranged up to 1.8 kg/ha.d.
- Observation Total nitrogen uptake by the tops was 1 94 kg N in 108 days.
- Recommendation Lablab is of potential value as a green manure crop.
- Observation Grain yields ranged from 0.27 to 3.05 t/ha across all sowing dates and accessions.
- Observation The peak grain yield was obtained from a February sowing of cultivar Highworth.
- Intervention effect Accessions became smaller and bushier as sowing was delayed.
- Intervention effect Cutting and removal of foliage at the onset of flowering led to rapid regrowth and renewed flowering.
- Intervention effect Defoliated lablab gave grain yields up to 90% of those of undefoliated treatments.
- Observation Cultivar Highworth was best for grain production and for dual-purpose forage and grain production.