Tropical Grasses

Author : P. J. Skerman
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251011287
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Grasses written by P. J. Skerman and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1990 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of grasslands. The classification and distribution of grasses. The world's major tropical grasslands. Performance and management of natural pasture. The case for improved pastures to replace indigenous species. Pasture improvement by introducing new species. Selection of pasture grass species, seed purchase and storage, and fertilizer needs. Pasture leys. Management of improved grassland in semi-intensive and intensive production systems. Reseeding the arid and semi-arid range. Handling difficult grasses. Grasses for special purposes. Utilization and conservation of forage. The chemical compostion and nutritive value of tropical grasses. The tropical grasses catalogue. Common names of tropical grasses. Common names of other plants. Index. Illustrations.

Author : A. V. Bogdan
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Pasture and Fodder Plants (grasses and Legumes) written by A. V. Bogdan and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1977 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The grasses. Classification and distribution. Environment in relation to some aspects of grass physiology. Day length. Light intensity. Temperature. Rainfall. Soils. The structure of the grass plant. Cultivation. Establishment. Management. Association with the legumes. Herbage yields. Conservation. Nutritive value. Reproduction. The structure of floral parts. Flowering and pollination. Fertilization. Apomixis. Seed. Seed germination. Seed production. The more important species. The legumes. Classification and distribution. The structure of the leguminous plant. Nitrogen fixation by the legumes. In mixture with the grasses. Cultivation. Pests and diseases. Yields, utilization. Chemical composition, nutritive value. Palatability, toxicity. Reproduction. The flowers. Flowring, pollination. Seed production and harvesting. Breeding. The more important species.

Author : A. J. Oakes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468414550
Total Pages : 623 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ornamental Grasses and Grasslike Plants written by A. J. Oakes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gramineae, or grass family, is second in size only to the Compositeae, or sunflower family. It is among the most important plant families in the world. The major food crops of the world are found in the grass family. From time immemorial, grasses have provided food and shelter for humanity, domesticated livestock, and wildlife; without grasses, these forms of life might cease to exist. The grass family is large in size, diverse in habit, and ubiquitous in distribution. Earth would be bleak and bare, indeed, in the absence of this life-sustaining plant family. In addition to its economic and industrial value, the grass family has some ornamental value. It provides us with physical sustenance and gives us much pleasure and satisfaction in its ornamental forms. The purpose of this book is to point out the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals and to deline:tte their attributes and uses in the home, in the garden, and in the landscape. Ornamental grasses serve a unique and significant purpose in ornamental horticulture. Horticulturists, other plant scientists, and nursery personnel are more fully aware of the value and usefulness of grasses as ornamentals than is the general public. It is mainly for this reason that this work is directed toward the home gardener and the scientist alike, in the hope of enhancing reader appreciation of the roie grasses play in ornamental horti culture.

Author : N. Ravi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Common Tropical and Sub-tropical Sedges and Grasses written by N. Ravi and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Descriptions and illustrations provided in this text were prepared after detailed dissectional study of floral parts using stereoscopic microscope fitted with a drawing tube as well as a light compound microscope. Thus, due care was given to make the descriptions and illustrations as accurate as possible."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : F. Lamson-Scribner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Useful and Ornamental Grasses written by F. Lamson-Scribner and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1976-05 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger Holmes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395797617
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses written by Roger Holmes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1997 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete guide to the best grasses for every garden site. More than 165 full-color plant portraits and photos of landscape designs.

Author : Marilyn Raff
Publisher : Big Earth Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781555663698
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ornamental Grasses for Western Gardens written by Marilyn Raff and published by Big Earth Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ornamental Grasses for Western Gardens" by Marilyn Raff shows how ornamental grasses, add beauty and function in any setting.

Author : P. J. Skerman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788172330330
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tropical Grasses written by P. J. Skerman and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : G. Boonman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401582246
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry written by G. Boonman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series Tasks for Vegetation Science is devoted to a variety of research aspects in vegetation science, pure as wellas applied. Of the applied problems one of the most pressing is to achieve better knowledge and improvement of the pasture vegetation in tropical and subtropical regions. As series editor I was impressed by the sheer volume of useful scientific information concerning pasture plants from East Africa collected during many years by Dr. Boonman and compiled in one manuscript. Dr. Boonman first came to East Africa in 1963 on an overland journey along the river Nile which took him from Alexandria in Egypt to Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and back again. After a brief spell as a cotton agronomist in the Sudan Gezira he joined the grassland research team at Kitale, Kenya in 1966. Improvement ofseed yield oftropical grasses was his principal interest which finally led him into the fieldof breeding grasses. Well-known varieties from his work include Boma & Elmba Rhodesgrass as wellas Clone 13Elephantgrass. In 1979he was recalled to The Netherlands to head a cooperative seedcompany involved in the breeding of grasses and cereals. The author has focused this study on one region, Eastern Africa.Global application of theories runs into conflicts too easily with local types of farming, if not with bare economics. Very few books can be found that describe existing practices and seek local answers by digging deep in the stacks of old, local reports.