In order to identify options suitable for providing livestock feed in the wetter part of the moist savanna, the DM yield, botanical composition, crude protein, in sacco digestibility and neutral detergent fibre of combinations of 4 herbaceous legumes and 2 grasses were evaluated between June 1994...
Olanite, J.A.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Akenova, M.E.
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[Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa]
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Biomass yield, quality and acceptability of selected grass-legume mixtures in the moist savanna of West Africa
Soils of the moist savanna of West Africa are poor in nitrogen; the natural fallow regeneration time has shortened; fertilizer costs and scarcity makes nitrogen (N) fertilizer input inadequate; and crop yields are low. In the region, lablab (Lablab purpureus L., sweet also known as Dolichos labla...
Ewansiha, S.U.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Odunze, A.C.
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Iwuafor, E.N.O.
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[Potential contribution of Lablab residues to maize production in moist savanna of West Africa]
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Potential contribution of Lablab residues to maize production in moist savanna of West Africa
Relative palatability and some agronomic traits were studied for nine legumes including Aeschynomene histrix, Centrosema brasilianum (two accessions), Centrosema pascuorum, Chamaecrista rotundifolia, Stylosanthes guianensis (two accessions) and Stylosanthes hamata (two accessions). All species we...
Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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[Relative palatability and seasonal agronomic performance of selected pasture legumes for species mixtures in dry-subhumid West Africa]
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Relative palatability and seasonal agronomic performance of selected pasture legumes for species mixtures in dry-subhumid West Africa
Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important food legume and an integral part of traditional cropping systems in the semi-arid regions of the tropics. The estimated worldwide area under cowpea is about 14 million ha of which West Africa alone accounts for about 9.3 million ha with annual...
Singh, B.B.
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Ajeigbe, Hakeem A.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Fernández Rivera, S.
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Abubakar, M.
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[Improving the production and utilization of cowpea as food and fodder]
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Improving the production and utilization of cowpea as food and fodder
The introduction and use of herbaceous legumes may contribute to agricultural intensification, especially in the context of sustainable crop and livestock production systems. In the context of evaluating different legume species for these systems in moist savanna zone of West Africa, the present ...
Ewansiha, S.U.
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Chiezey, U.F.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Iwuafor, E.N.O.
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[Potential of Lablab purpureus accessions for crop-livestock production in the West African savanna]
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Potential of Lablab purpureus accessions for crop-livestock production in the West African savanna
The potential of pastures sown with species mixtures of tropical legume species compared with single species was investigated in subhumid west Africa, over a period of three grazing seasons. Through compensation and complementation of the individual legume species, the mixtures were seasonally an...
Peters, Michael
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Schultze-Kraft, Rainer
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Smith, Jimmy W.
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Musa, A.
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[Performance of legume mixtures under small-plot periodic grazing]
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Performance of legume mixtures under small-plot periodic grazing
Amede, Tilahun
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Peden, Donald G.
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[Improving water productivity in crop-livestock systems of drought-prone regions: Editorial comment]
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Improving water productivity in crop-livestock systems of drought-prone regions: Editorial comment
A virus, 750 /I > 18 nm, was isolated from Centrosema pubescens from Nigeria, causing leaf malformation, mosaic and mottling on the plant. When inoculated on to various test plants, it failed to produce necrotic or chlorotic lesions on Chenopodium amaranticolor, but symptoms of mottling were obs...
Odedara, O.O.
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Hughes, Jacqueline d'Arros
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Odebode, A.C.
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Winter, S.
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[Characterisation of a potyvirus from Centrosema pubescens Benth]
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Characterisation of a potyvirus from Centrosema pubescens Benth
Chamaecrista rotundifolia cv. Wynn has been identified as a promising forage legume for use in subhumid Nigeria. To establish if other accessions of this species have potential in the region, 21 accessions were evaluated for flowering, seed production, dry matter production, disease and pest inci...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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[Evaluation of Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions as a fodder resource in subhumid Nigeria]
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Evaluation of Chamaecrista rotundifolia accessions as a fodder resource in subhumid Nigeria
Sustainable resource management is the critical agricultural research and development challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. The accumulated knowledge on soil management gathered over the last 10 years, combined with solid crop improvement and plant health research at farmers’ level, has brought us to ...
Sanginga, Nteranya
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Dashiell, Kenton E.
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Diels, J.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Lyasse, O.
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Carsky, R.J.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Asafo-Adjei, B.
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Menkir, A.
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Schulz, S.
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Singh, B.B.
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Chikoye, D.
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Keatinge, D.
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Ortiz, R.
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[Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal-grain-legume-livestock systems in the dry savanna.]
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Sustainable resource management coupled to resilient germplasm to provide new intensive cereal-grain-legume-livestock systems in the dry savanna.