Gliricidia for Improving Soil Fertility

Wani, S P (2012) Gliricidia for Improving Soil Fertility. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud. (syn. Gliricidia maculata H.B.K.) is a fast growing and best-known multipurpose trees in many of Central America, Mexico, West Africa, West Indies, South Asia, and Tropical Americas. the Trees is used for timber, firewood, hedges, medicinal purpose, charcoal, live fences, plantation shade, poles, soil stabilization, and a green manure. The toxic property of the seeds and bark has given rise to the generic epithet (gliricida = mouse killer). Gliricidia sepium adapts very well in a wide range of soils ranging from eroded acidic...

Item Type: Monograph (Documentation)
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Subjects: Others > Soil Science
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 07 Mar 2013 05:46
Last Modified: 07 Mar 2013 05:46
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/6647
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