Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 772 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781780646282
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9781780646299
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9781780648774
Series Statement:
CABI Books
Content:
Tropical Forage Legumes: Harnessing the Potential of Desmanthus and Other Genera for Heavy Clay Soils -- Copyright -- Contents -- Five Desmanthus species -- Dedication -- List of Line Drawings of Species with Forage Potential -- Foreword -- The authors -- Contributors to the research -- Acknowledgements -- Contributions to this book -- Australian/international studies (Bob Burt†) -- The Belize studies (John Lazier) -- The Queensland studies: Chapter 11, the Progardes story (Chris Gardiner) -- 1: Providing Pasture and Ley Legumes for Use on Clay Soils in Tropical and Subtropical Environments
Content:
The organization of the volume -- 2: The Collection and Initial Evaluation of a Wide Range of Pasture Legumes From Mexico, Belize and Guatemala: Implications for Genetic Resource Development for Tropical Countries -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Materials and methods -- 2.2.1 Collection sites -- 2.2.2 Climatic comparisons -- 2.2.3 Edaphic conditions at the collecting sites -- 2.2.4 Agronomic testing -- Plant material -- The site -- Experimental design and plant culture -- 2.3 Results and preliminary discussion -- 2.3.1 Climatic analysis
Content:
2.3.2 Environmental effects on the distribution of the various legume species -- 2.3.3 Environmental tolerance of cultivars -- 2.3.4 Agronomic evaluation -- Performance patterns -- 2.3.5 Predicting the likely utility of the Central Farm germplasm collection -- 2.4 General discussion -- 2.4.1 Examples from the genus Desmanthus:agronomic development -- 2.4.2 Contribution of the UWI/IDR Ccollections to global germplasm collections -- Desmanthus and Stylosanthes as examples -- Other species that warrant further study -- 2.4.3 The significance of the UWI/IDRC collection -- Appendix 2.2
Content:
3: Developing and Utilizing Genetic Resource Collections: An Example From the Tropical Leguminous Genus Stylosanthes -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Experimental work -- 3.2.1 Aims -- 3.2.2 Choice of material: background information -- 3.3 Experimental methods and observations taken -- 3.3.1 Data analysis -- 3.4 Results: the hierarchical classification -- 3.4.1 Definition of the groups -- 3.4.2 Adjustment of the groups -- 3.5 Preliminary discussion -- 3.5.1 Choice of accessions to be studied in the MST analysis
Content:
3.5.2 Positioning of the various species, and types within species, in the classification -- 3.5.3 Treatment of the annual/biennial species in the readjusted groups (N 8 to 17) S. subsericea -- S. humilis -- 3.5.4 The allotetraploid S. hamata sensu lato -- S. hamata sensu stricto -- 3.6 The minimum spanning tree: results -- 3.6.1 The MST: preliminary discussion -- Positioning of the species and species types -- Comparing the results of the MST and the hierarchical classification: misclassifications in the latter -- Using the MST: some worked examples -- 3.7 General discussion
Content:
3.7.1 The adequacy of genetic resource collections with especial reference to S. hamata and S. scabra
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781780646282
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Tropical forage legumes
Additional Edition:
Print version Tropical forage legumes Boston, MA : CABI, [2016]
Language:
English
Subjects:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science
Keywords:
Futterleguminosen
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Desmanthus
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Futterbau
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Tropen
DOI:
10.1079/9781780646282.0000
