[PDF] Farmers Success With Tropical Grasses eBook

Author : J. G. ed BOONMAN
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Page : 95 pages
File Size : 26,73 MB
Release : 1997
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Mixed farming with cropping and livestock integrated; what grasses do to the soil in a crop rotation; choice of species for cultivation; sown grass species; husbandry of sown grasses; planted fodder grasses: napiergrass (elephantgrass, pennisetum purpureum); legumes; sorghum and oats as fodder catch or break crops.

Author : P. J. Skerman
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9789251011287

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The importance of grasslands. The classification and distribution of grasses. The world's major tropical grasslands. Performance and management of natural pasture. The case for improved pastures to replace indigenous species. Pasture improvement by introducing new species. Selection of pasture grass species, seed purchase and storage, and fertilizer needs. Pasture leys. Management of improved grassland in semi-intensive and intensive production systems. Reseeding the arid and semi-arid range. Handling difficult grasses. Grasses for special purposes. Utilization and conservation of forage. The chemical compostion and nutritive value of tropical grasses. The tropical grasses catalogue. Common names of tropical grasses. Common names of other plants. Index. Illustrations.

Author : A. V. Bogdan
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Science
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The grasses. Classification and distribution. Environment in relation to some aspects of grass physiology. Day length. Light intensity. Temperature. Rainfall. Soils. The structure of the grass plant. Cultivation. Establishment. Management. Association with the legumes. Herbage yields. Conservation. Nutritive value. Reproduction. The structure of floral parts. Flowering and pollination. Fertilization. Apomixis. Seed. Seed germination. Seed production. The more important species. The legumes. Classification and distribution. The structure of the leguminous plant. Nitrogen fixation by the legumes. In mixture with the grasses. Cultivation. Pests and diseases. Yields, utilization. Chemical composition, nutritive value. Palatability, toxicity. Reproduction. The flowers. Flowring, pollination. Seed production and harvesting. Breeding. The more important species.

Author : Robert Joseph McIlroy
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Page : 152 pages
File Size : 35,76 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Agriculture
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The economic value of grassland. The nature of grasses. The agricultural value of herbage species. Some grass and legume species of tropical regions. Grassland ecology: some tropical grassland associations. Types of grazing pasture. Seed production. Seeds mixtures. Establishment of the sward. Management and manuring. Grassland utilization. Grassland improvement. The nutritive value of tropical pasture grasses and legumes. Conservation. The measurement of grassland productivity.

Author : Franklin W. Martin
Publisher :
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Agriculture
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Overall planning. Vegetables and cereals. Trees. Forage crops.

Author : Hans Ruthenberg
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Page : 412 pages
File Size : 27,28 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Agricultural systems
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Some general charscteristics of farming in a tropical environment; Shifting cultivation systems; Fallow systems; Ley systems; Systems with permanent upland cultivation; Systems with arable irrigation farming; Systems with perennial crops; Grazing systems; General tendences in the development of tropical farm systems.