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| | Legume - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Grain legumes are cultivated for their seeds, and are also called pulses. | | | The ability to form this symbiosis reduces fertilizer costs for farmers and gardeners who grow legumes, and means that legumes can be used in a crop rotation to replenish soil that has been depleted of nitrogen. | | | Legume seed and foliage has a comparatively higher protein content than non-legume material, probably due to the additional nitrogen that legumes receive through nitrogen-fixation symbiosis. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legume
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| | Fabaceae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | All members of this family have five-petaled flowers in which the superior ovary ripens to form a "pod", technically called a legume, whose two sides split apart, releasing the seeds which are attached to one or both seams. | | | The legumous plants are traditionally classified into three subfamilies, sometimes raised to the rank of family in the order Fabales, on the basis of flower morphology (specifically, petal shape): | | | These are commonly called legumes or pulses and the family contains some of our most valuable food crops, such as beans, peas, peanuts, soybeans, and lentils. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabaceae
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| | Legume Seed Inoculants |
| | Attempts to supplement the legume nitrogen supply by fertilization usually are counterproductive, because plants tend to stop nitrogen fixationwhen soil nitrogen is high. | | | Some legumes, such as alfalfa, can produce enough ammonia to supply all their nitrogen needs (Table 1), hence nitrogen fertilization usually is not needed. | | | This usually is done by applying inoculum directly to the seed prior to planting, or by metering the inoculum into the seed furrow during planting. |
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http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/crops/00305.html
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| | Legume Species as Leaf Vegetables |
| | Beans and cowpeas as leaf vegetables and grain legumes. | | | Most domesticated legumes are valued primarily for seeds, yet the leaves of many grain legumes equal or exceed the protein content of their seeds on a dry weight basis. | | | The large and diverse legume family has given the world an abundance of crops for food, forage, fiber, wood, and ornamental uses. |
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http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-391.html
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| | LEGUME NITROGEN FIXATION AND TRANSFER |
| | Legumes are generally grown with grasses in the hope that the legume will provide nitrogen for the grass and thereby eliminate or reduce the need for applied commercial nitrogen fertilizer. | | | When legume forage is consumed by grazing livestock, from 80 to 90% of the nitrogen in that forage passes through the animal and is excreted in the urine and feces. | | | A legume growing on a sandy soil very low in nitrogen will get most of its nitrogen from the air while a legume growing on a fertile riverbottom soil will get most of its nitrogen from the soil. |
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http://overton.tamu.edu/clover/cool/nfix.htm
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| | U.S. Legume Crops Genomics Workshop |
| | Cultivation of legume crops results in a significant reduction in the use of nitrogen fertilizer. | | | Legumes, together with cereals, have been fundamental to the development of modern agriculture. | | | In addition, the nitrogen fixed by legumes is equivalent to sequestering a further 800 million metric tons of CO Estimates indicate that in the U.S., simple rotation of a legume with corn could replace 12 to15% of the nitrogen fertilizer needs by corn resulting in an on-farm savings in excess of $500 million. |
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http://www.legumes.org/Documents/US_Leg_Crop_Genomics_WhitePaper.html
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| | Legume Family (Fabaceae) |
| | Although it is truly a legume, the flower is not papilionaceous. | | | The upper petal is enveloped in the bud by the lateral wings. |
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http://waynesword.palomar.edu/legume1.htm
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| | Summer Forage Legume Guide |
| | Forage legumes have the ability to take N from the air if certain bacteria are in the soil where the plant is growing. | | | Frequently, it is desirable to seed summer legumes into an established grass sod. | | | Use of these legumes is limited because they are either poorly adapted or difficult to manage. |
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http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/DS126
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| | LabSpec - Grain Allergens |
| | Vegetable gums produced from seeds, pods or exudates from legume plants are commonly added to food as stabilizers or thickeners. | | | This gum, also called clusterbean and Calcutta lucern is derived from seeds of the tree Cyamopsis tetragonoloba which grows in India. | | | Lentils probably originated in the Near East and Mediterranean and are cultivated in most warm temper-ate and subtropical regions of the world. |
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http://www.labspec.co.za/l_legume.htm
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| | Legume Technology - Frequently Asked Questions |
| | Legume Fix inoculation is essential on these soil types. | | | Legume Fix inoculants are simply applied between seed layers or onto augered seed. | | | Legume Fix has an integral sticker, which maximizes adhesion of rhizobia to the seed surface with minimal mixing. |
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http://www.legumetechnology.co.uk/faq.htm
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| | legume on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Effect of short-term legume residue decomposition on soil acidity. | | | Intercropping legumes into sunflower at different growth stages. | | | It is a pod which usually splits along two sides, with the seeds attached along one of the sutures. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/l1/legume.asp
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| | Part I. (cont.) The legumes that can fix nitrogen |
| | Most legumes can be identified by their "papilionaceous" flower (literally - butterfly-like) which consists of a large, uppermost (banner) petal, 2 lateral (wing) petals, and 2 lower, fused (keel) petals. | | | Some of the flower types of tropical legumes (such as with this Mimosa) appear very different from the "banner and keel" (papilonaceous) flowers of temperate legumes shown in Figs. | | | The legume family (Leguminosae or Fabaceae) includes many important crop species such as pea, alfalfa, clover, common bean, peanut, and lentil. |
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http://academic.reed.edu/biology/Nitrogen/Nfix1(legumes).html
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| | Legume Technology |
| | Legume Technology Ltd. is the only commercial manufacturer of these inoculant products based in the UK, producing agricultural inoculants (Legume Fix) for lupin, soya, clover and lucerne and a range of products for home gardening called Nature’s Nitrogen. | | | The company manufactures a range of specialist fertilizers employing natural bacteria to replace chemical fertilizers for pulse crops in both the agricultural and the home gardening markets. | | | The products are accepted for organic growers and produce significant increases in yield for the target crop. |
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http://www.legumetechnology.co.uk
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| | Forage Selection Seeding Guide |
| | Reduces the problem of legumes "heaving." This is the process in which legumes are raised from the soil surface by freeze-thaw action in the late winter and early spring, resulting in plant damage. | | | There is a wide range of grasses and legumes available, and each species has its own particular plant and seed characteristics, making it more or less suitable for a producer's purpose. | | | As in the case of grasses, soil characteristics indicate whether a legume is adapted to a certain location. |
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http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/forages/publications/ay253.htm
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| | legume |
| | any plant of the legume family, esp. those used for feed, food, or as a soil-improving crop. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/legume
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| | ACNFP - 2nd Australian Model Legume Workshop |
| | Lupinus angustifolius (narrow-leafed lupin) is widely-cultivated as a grain legume crop in southern Australia, where it is an important legume in crop rotations with cereals, as well as providing protein-rich feed for the livestock and aquaculture industries. | | | We are using the model legume Medicago truncatula to develop such markers in legumes of importance to Australian agriculture. | | | Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important grain legume for direct human consumption, it comprises fifty percent of the grain legume consumed worldwide. |
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http://wwwacnfp.murdoch.edu.au/rott05speakers.htm
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| | Selecting the Right Legume |
| | Key for Selecting the "Best" Legumes to Plant on Hay and Pasture Lands Differing in Drainage Condition, Fertility Level and pH Level. | | | Presented here is a procedure for selecting that legume species best suited to a field based on its particular combination of these three soil traits. | | | High yield and quality are the goals of anyone growing hay and pasture crops. |
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http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/forages/publications/ay211.htm
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| | Carob |
| | Pods are borne on the old stems of the plant on short flower stalks. | | | Carob grows well anywhere that citrus is grown, and it prefers dry climates that receive more than 30 centimeters of rainfall--ideal mediterranean-type climates. | | | The fruit of carob is a pod, technically a legume 15 to 30 centimeters in length and fairly thick and broad. |
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http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Ceratonia
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| | Legume (Fabaceae) Fruits and Seeds, version 2 |
| | The key can be used for identifying to genus unknown legume samples or for querying the data and images for legume genera, and is designed for seed analysts, technicians, port inspectors, weed scientists, ecologists, botanists, and researchers who need to identify isolated legume fruits and seeds. | | | This is an identification key to genera for seeds and fruits of the legume family. | | | 685 accepted legume genera with accepted scientific name and author(s) for each genus. |
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http://nt.ars-grin.gov/sbmlweb/OnlineResources/Fabaceae/Index.cfm
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| | Legume Conference |
| | Adrienne Clark will deliver a public lecture on the evening of Tuesday July 3, entitled "Risks and benefits from genetically modified crops". | | | Legumes Down Under will provide an opportunity for researchers in various disciplines to come together to present results of recent research on this important plant family. | | | The Legumes Down Under Committee is endeavouring to raise monies to assist persons from developing countries in attending the conference in order to present papers. |
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http://www.science.uts.edu.au/sasb/legumes.html
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| | Legume Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com |
| | A legume is a simple dry fruit that develops from a simple pistil and usually dehisces (opening along a seam) on two sides. | | | Well known plants that have legume fruits are,Alfalfa, clovers, peas, beans, and peanuts. | | | Another characteristic of Legumes, is that they host bacteria in and on their roots. |
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http://www.wikiwhat.com/encyclopedia/l/le/legume.html
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| | Legume Vegetables |
| | Faba is the type genus for the legume family (Fabaceae). | | | There are literally hundreds of varieties of these two species of legumes, including beans and peas with many different sizes, colors, shapes and growth habits. | | | In addition to their high protein food value, they are also the souce of tofu, texturized "meatless" patties, soy milk, soy sauce and cosmetics. |
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http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ecoph33.htm
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| | Legume Technologies |
| | My goal is to use computer graphics approaches to implement mind map like capabilities in ways that are "web friendly." I see techniques such as these as key to survival as we move further into the information age. | | | Legume Technologies helps individuals and teams "Think Clearly" and "Communicate Efficiently" through web-based information capture and presentation techniques called Legume Diagrams. | | | Legume Technologies starts my 4th decade dedicated to applying cutting edge computer technologies in unique and interesting ways. |
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http://www.legumetech.com/LegumeWho.htm
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| | International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics: Translation to Crop Improvement |
| | International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics: Translation to Crop Improvement | | | This conference aims to apprise the international scientific community of the current status of legume genomics, genetics, and bioinformatics initiatives in legume crops and model species. | | | The first International Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics will be held in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, June 2-6, 2002. |
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http://www.agro.agri.umn.edu/iclgg
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| | - ILDIS LegumeWeb |
| | If you suspect a wrongly-spelt genus or species name, replace the uncertain part with an asterisk or blank the entire genus or species name, and search again. | | | Report generated by LegumeWeb from the ILDIS World Database of Legumes, version 10.01 | | | This page was generated by the Araneus program (version Araneus) designed and written by Richard White and last edited on 1 November 2005. |
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http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb
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| | Legume : Definition |
| | Search for Legume in these other databases too |
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http://www.biology-text.com/definition.php?word=Legume
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