Leguminous

Zero-burn techniques in which the felled forest biomass is broken down under a short term leguminous cover crop followed by moderate applications of lime and P fertilizer show considerable promise. ❋ Unknown (1992)

Also, some trees, known as leguminous trees, improve the soil by fixing nitrogen from the air, making it available to livestock. ❋ Unknown (1994)

Remember also that some trees, called leguminous trees, such as Prosopis, Faidherbia and Leucaena can take nitrogen from the air and turn it into nitrogen that the tree can use to grow, so you may not need to fertilize the tree with nitrogen. ❋ Unknown (1994)

It may be generally recommended as a manure for all crops, except, perhaps, the so-called leguminous crops, such as clover, beans, peas, &c, whose ability to obtain nitrogen for themselves renders the application of expensive artificial nitrogenous manures unadvisable. ❋ Charles Morton Aikman (N/A)

The primary forest is composed of many species of leguminous trees including Burkea africana, Detarium microcarpum, Afzelia africana, Daniellia oliveri, and Isoberlinia doka. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You can very well get enough proteins by eating nuts, seeds and oils with your vegetables as well as leguminous plants. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am working on a leguminous recipe for you and will blog it up soon. ❋ Laurie Constantino (2009)

The important leguminous timber tree acapú, Vouacapoua americana, is restricted to eastern Amazonia north and south of the river. ❋ Unknown (2008)

There is a gradation from north to south, with the southern third of the park being the moistest and richest area, especially of leguminous trees. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He runs with the crowd that believes ending poverty is a matter of technical expertise - doing things such as expanding food yields with nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants or solar-powered drip irrigation. ❋ William Easterly (2010)

Zollernia paraensis, a leguminous tree, Theobroma grandiflorum, a fruit similar to cacao called cupuaçu, and Cordia goeldiana, a common timber tree, are all well-known in eastern Pará. ❋ Unknown (2008)

As an acacia, mulga produces plenty of seed in leguminous pods. ❋ Roger Deakin (2009)

This is why farmers often include a leguminous crop, such as clover or a vetch, in their rotation. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

Toward the south and east, as summer rainfall increases, the Sonoran influence grows, and woody leguminous species, such as mesquite and acacia, become more common. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Of population problems, and feeding the world, and sesbania, a leguminous crop which could both hold back desertification, because it binds soil, and feed the starving, but for the fact that no one has studied its pollinators or their abundance or deficiency, or their habits, in sufficient detail. ' ❋ Unknown (2009)

Euleusine sp., rice Oryza sp., and leguminous plants Vigna sp, representing important genetic resources for biological conservation and research. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Plant species are few and small: ferns, leguminous and grassy shrubs, mosses, lichens and algae which are also widespread underwater; its marine resources are very rich. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He advocates alley cropping, in which food crops are planted between rows of fast-growing leguminous trees. ❋ Samccoy (2008)