xxii, 609p., Illus., Plts., App., Bib., 29 cm. (First pub. in 1987)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- Introduction; The role of Legumes in agriculture; Evaluation of natural resources for pasture production; Land clearing; Pasture establishment; Mineral nutrition of tropical pasture legumes; Nitrogen nutrition of tropical pastures; Rhizobium relationship of Legumes; Management of Tropical Pasture legumes; Weed control in tropical pastures; Irrigation of tropical pasture legumes; Production of Forage legume seed; Selection and breeding of tropical pasture legumes; Chemical composition and nutritive value of tropical legumes; The pasture legume; Leguminous browse; The browse species.