Self-Seeding Warm-Season Legumes for Low-Input Forage Production in the Southern Great Plains of the USA
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50994#.VFHRPlfHRK0 Author(s) Paul W. Bartholomew Affiliation(s) USDA-ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory, El Reno, OK, USA . ABSTRACT In the southern Great Plains (SGP) of the USA warm-season legumes can improve the quality of available forage in pasture systems based on perennial warm-season grasses. Legumes that persist through self-seeding may be especially useful in low-input systems where resources for annual replanting are limited. The productivity and capacity for self-seeding of Korean lespedeza ( Kummerowia stipulacea [Maxim.] Makino) and Verano stylo ( Stylosanthes hamata [L.] Taub.) were tested in controlled environment an...