Global Ventures in Stylosanthes IV. West Africa

Lazier, J. R.

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“…There was no disease incidence reported in any of the communities, although stylo is susceptible to anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes) (Lazier 1984). Some pests (grasshoppers and black ants) were seen in 26.7% of the communities.…”

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“…If allowed to seed without grazing, it tends to behave as an annual, but 30-40% of plants will perennate under grazing, and continue to grow into the dry season after flowering (Humphreys and Partridge 1995). Stylo also generally behaves as a weak biennial, regenerating well from reserves of seeds in the soil in the next season (Lazier 1984) and can thus survive fires that kill the parent plant. The above attributes make S. hamata suitable to be used for improving native pastures (rangelands) that have been degraded in the tropics (Humphreys and Partridge 1995).…”

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Performance of Stylosanthes hamata in the rangelands of northern Ghana

Annor¹,

Cofie²

2007

African Journal of Range & Forage Science

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Stylosanthes hamata (stylo) was introduced into communities in the Northern SavannaZone of Ghana in 1994 for rangeland improvement through oversowing. The objective of this study was to assess the performance of S. hamata in northern Ghana. The study was carried out in 15 communities in five districts in September 2003. The instruments used to gather data were questionnaires, direct field measurements and field observations. The results of the study indicated that stylo plants were found in places where oversowing was not carried out. The average plant population densities for new and old plants were similar (13.6 vs 13.8 plants m -2 ) (p ≥ ≥ 0.05). Old plants were found to be significantly (p ≤ ≤ 0.05) taller than new plants but the biomass yield of the latter was significantly (p ≤ ≤ 0.05) better than the former. Old plants had better flowering ability than the new plants (p ≤ ≤ 0.05). Pests of stylo included grasshoppers (Zonocerus variegatus) and black ants (Delichoderus thoracicus).Other plant species were observed to have grown alongside stylo, and some of these were weeds that suppressed the growth of stylo. The study demonstrated that S. hamata was successfully established in community rangelands in northern Ghana.

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Performance of Stylosanthes hamata in the rangelands of northern Ghana

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Cofie²

2007

African Journal of Range & Forage Science

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“…Improved pasture legumes have been grown successfully in small plots and, to a lesser degree, in grazing trials on research stations in many African countries (Clatsworthy, 1984;Lazier, 1984). Clatsworthy (1984) found that, on improved as compared with natural pasture, animal liveweight gains were 60-200% higher per hectare and 40% higher per animal, i.e.…”

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Adapting Tropical Pasture Research to the Production System: from Australian Ranching to African Pastoralism

Bayer¹,

Waters‐Bayer²

1989

Ex. Agric.

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SUMMARYThe questions and design of pasture research in tropical Australia and the resulting technologies address problems encountered in the prevailing extensive beef-production systems. In African pastoral systems, forage resource use is more intensive and complex, and production aims are manifold. An example of applied research in central Nigeria illustrates the usefulness of certain components of Australian pasture technology but the need to adapt them, particularly with respect to pasture utilization and management, within trials deliberately designed to address the differing problems in the local pastoral system.

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Phylogenetic relationships in the genusStylosanthes (Leguminosae) based upon chloroplast DNA variation

Gillies

Abbott

1996

Pl Syst Evol

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Global Ventures in Stylosanthes IV. West Africa

Cited by 3 publications

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Performance of Stylosanthes hamata in the rangelands of northern Ghana

Performance of Stylosanthes hamata in the rangelands of northern Ghana

Adapting Tropical Pasture Research to the Production System: from Australian Ranching to African Pastoralism

Phylogenetic relationships in the genusStylosanthes (Leguminosae) based upon chloroplast DNA variation

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