Sericea and other perennial lespedezas for forage and soil conservation /

Reactions of adapted legumes and grasses on the structural condition of eroded Lindley-Weller soils in southeastern Iowa

“…Top yields of Lotus comiculatus were very close to those obtained by MacDonald (1946) on eroded soils in New York state. Lespedeza sericea gave top yields somewhat higher than those found by Pieters (1939). The abovc ground dry matter production of Poa pratensis was in agreement with the yields reported by Brown (1943).…”

“…The yield of roots of Lespedeza sericea in severa! types of soil was studied by Pieters ( 1939). Bisect studies of Lotus corniculatus were made by MacDonald (1946).…”

“…Yields of above-ground material of Lotus corniculatus were determined in separate areas by Mac-Donald (1946) and Brewer (1947). The top production of Lespedeza sericea was evaluated by Pieters ( 1939). The top yields of various forage legumes have been reported by Snider (1946) and Garver (1946).…”

Evaluation of Lespedeza germplasm genetic diversity and its phylogenetic relationship with the genus Kummerowia

“…PI 286448 may be misidentified (i.e. from L. juncea instead of L. cuneata) as the red stems characteristic of L. juncea (Pieters 1939) suggest or PI 286448 was from an event of hybridization between L. juncea and L. cuneata. PI 349419 and PI 89107 from L. daurica species clustered together and separate from the other subsubgroup.…”

Biological and other soil parameters response to winter cover crops in a mediterranean irrigated system

“…It is hard to determine how widely CC were used through modern agriculture history, but the use of legumes to improve soil fertility was a common practice until synthetic fertilizers became easily available in the 20th century (Pieters and McKee, 1938). In the second half of the past century, CC were proposed as a way to control soil erosion and improve water quality (Kamprath et al, 1958;Pastor, 1988;Pieters, 1950) but the practice was not common in developed countries. Nowadays, cover cropping is considered one of the key practices in conservation agriculture that, together with reduced tillage, contributes to increasing the accumulation of soil organic matter (SOM), reducing soil erosion, improving water quality and diminishing the need of synthetic fertilizers (Thorup-Kristensen et al, 2003;Tonitto et al, 2006).…”