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Legume - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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PRINCIPAL GENERA AND SPECIES OF LEGUME LEAF VEGETABLES ... Many more legume species could easily have escaped scientific notice, so this is only a preliminary count. ... Barrett, R.P. 1990. Legume species as leaf vegetables. p. 391-396. In: J. Janick and J.E. Simon (eds.), Advances in new crops. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
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Legume species belonging to the genus Lespedeza are annual or perennial herb or shrub plants that grow in the northern hemisphere. They are known for the formation of root nodules, but little information is available about their microsymbionts.
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Twenty-nine rhizobial isolates from root nodules of Astragalus and Lespedeza spp. growing in the Loess Plateau of China were characterized by numerical taxonomy, RFLP and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes, measurement of DNA G+C content, DNA–DNA relatedness and cross-nodulation with selected legume species.
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In addition to alfalfa and red clover (which are discussed in the general text), here are other popular legume species grown in Illinois: ... is an annual legume that has limited value as a hay or pasture species because of its low production and viny nature. Hairy vetch may reseed itself and become a weedy species in...
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Originating in the Middle East and becoming popular in North America after 1850, alfalfa is now the highest-yielding perennial forage legume grown in the country. It also is one of the most popular crops grown for pasture in Illinois.
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Welcome to the exhibit on leguminous plants, which provide protein-loaded seeds packed into pods. These edible seeds also are known as pulses. The most familiar legumes we eat are lentils, peas, all manner of beans, and peanuts. Some legumes grow like vines, others are more shrub-like...
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Field (common) bean ... Ladino or White clover ... © Montana State University 2005 Didn't Find it? Please use our contact list or our site index.
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; ILDIS is an international project which maintains a database of plants in the family Fabaceae (Leguminosae) and provides services to scientists and other people interested in these plants, including this web-site for access to the database. ... ILDIS; International Legume Database & Information Service ;
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Symbiotic N2 fixation in nine legume species in permanent grassland over an altitudinal gradient (from 900 up to 2600 m a.s.l.) was investigated in the ...
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