ABSTRACT

With the underpinning role of forage legumes in the nitrogen economy and animal productivity from temperate grasslands certain to expand in the future, particularly in regions where their potential has not yet been realized, it is essential that the wealth of information currently available is widely disseminated. This book serves the purpose with

chapter 1|2 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

Plant Development

chapter 3|6 pages

Nitrogen Fixation

chapter 4|4 pages

Sward Establishment

chapter 5|4 pages

Seed Mixtures

chapter 6|6 pages

Nitrogen and Mineral Nutrition

chapter 7|6 pages

Weeds, Pests and Diseases

chapter 8|6 pages

Feeding Value

chapter 9|6 pages

Utilization

chapter 10|204 pages

Forage Legume Profiles

entry |5 pages

Astragalus adsurgens Pallas

entry |7 pages

Astragalus cicer L.

entry |3 pages

Astragalus sinicus L.

entry |4 pages

Biserrula pelecinus L.

entry |5 pages

Chamaecytisus palmensis (Christ.) Hutch.

entry |6 pages

Galega orientalis Lam.

entry |5 pages

Hedysarum coronarium L.

entry |7 pages

Lotus corniculatus L.

entry |4 pages

Lotus glaber Mill. syn. L. tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. syn. L. corniculatus subsp. tenuifolius L.

entry |6 pages

Lotus uliginosus Schkur. syn. Lotus pedunculatus Cav.

entry |15 pages

Medicago sativa L.

entry |6 pages

Medicago truncatula Gaertn.

entry |5 pages

Melilotus albus Medik. syn. Melilotus alba Medik.

entry |6 pages

Onobrychis viciifolia Scop.

entry |5 pages

Ornithopus compressus L.

entry |5 pages

Ornithopus sativus Brot.

entry |6 pages

Pisum sativum L.

entry |5 pages

Securigera varia (L.) Lassen syn. Coronilla varia L.

entry |6 pages

Trifolium alexandrinum L.

entry |5 pages

Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb.

entry |3 pages

Trifolium dubium Sibth.

entry |5 pages

Trifolium fragiferum L.

entry |5 pages

Trifolium glanduliferum Boiss.

entry |5 pages

Trifolium hirtum All.

entry |5 pages

Trifolium hybridum L.

entry |5 pages

Trifolium incarnatum L.

entry |4 pages

Trifolium michelianum Savi

entry |3 pages

Trifolium nigrescens Viv.

entry |10 pages

Trifolium pratense L.

entry |15 pages

Trifolium repens L.

entry |5 pages

Trifolium resupinatum L.

entry |9 pages

Trifolium subterraneum L. T. subterraneum subsp. subterraneum L. T. subterraneum subsp. brachycalycinum (Katzn. et Morley) Zohary and Heller T. subterraneum var. yanninicum (Katzn. et Morley) Zohary and Heller

entry |4 pages

Trifolium vesiculosum Savi

entry |6 pages

Vicia sativa L.

entry |6 pages

Vicia villosa Roth.

chapter 11|2 pages

Concluding Remarks