Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa

Parkia is a pantropical genus of about 30-40 tree legume species of considerable evolutionary, taxonomic, biological and economic improtance in Africa, Asia and South America. It has several uses, including fodder, food, medicine, green manure, fuel and timber. This paper reviews the scattered liter...

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Autores principales: Sabiiti, Elly N., Cobbina, Joseph
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Informa UK Limited 1992
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28811
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description Parkia is a pantropical genus of about 30-40 tree legume species of considerable evolutionary, taxonomic, biological and economic improtance in Africa, Asia and South America. It has several uses, including fodder, food, medicine, green manure, fuel and timber. This paper reviews the scattered literature, emphasizing those areas relevant to fodder production that require urgent research. Only limited quantitative agronomic data exist on bioglobosa and on other species with potential for development.
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spelling CGSpace288112023-03-18T11:48:13Z Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa Sabiiti, Elly N. Cobbina, Joseph parkia biglobosa tree crops feed legumes research programmes agronomy geographical distribution ecology farming systems feed production chemical composition Parkia is a pantropical genus of about 30-40 tree legume species of considerable evolutionary, taxonomic, biological and economic improtance in Africa, Asia and South America. It has several uses, including fodder, food, medicine, green manure, fuel and timber. This paper reviews the scattered literature, emphasizing those areas relevant to fodder production that require urgent research. Only limited quantitative agronomic data exist on bioglobosa and on other species with potential for development. 1992-01 2013-05-06T07:01:28Z 2013-05-06T07:01:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28811 en Limited Access Informa UK Limited International Tree Crops Journal;7(3): 113-139 Elly N. Sabiiti and Joseph Cobbina (1992) Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa, International Tree Crops Journal, 7(3): 113-139
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tree crops
feed legumes
research programmes
agronomy
geographical distribution
ecology
farming systems
feed production
chemical composition
Sabiiti, Elly N.
Cobbina, Joseph
Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa
title Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa
title_full Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa
title_fullStr Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa
title_full_unstemmed Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa
title_short Parkia biglobosa: A potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in West Africa
title_sort parkia biglobosa a potential multipurpose fodder tree legume in west africa
topic parkia biglobosa
tree crops
feed legumes
research programmes
agronomy
geographical distribution
ecology
farming systems
feed production
chemical composition
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/28811
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