Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Desmodium intortum

 

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): greenleaf desmodium syn beggarlice syn desmodio verde
Crop Use(s): forage legume
Reference Source(s): rehm
Number of Papers/Mentions: 86

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

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Getachew, G., H. P. S. Makkar, et al. (2000). Effect of polyethylene glycol on in vitro degradability of nitrogen and microbial protein synthesis from tannin-rich browse and herbaceous legumes. British Journal of Nutrition. [print] July 84(1): 73-83. {a} Institute for Animal Production in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Hohenheim (480), D-70593, Stuttgart, Germany

Tolera, A. and F. Sundstol (2000). Supplementation of graded levels of Desmodium intortum hay to sheep feeding on maize stover harvested at three stages of maturity: 1. Feed intake, digestibility and body weight change. Animal Feed Science and Technology. [print] 85(3-4): 239-257. {a} Department of Animal Production and Rangeland Management, Awassa College of Agriculture, Awassa, Ethiopia

Imura, Y., Y. Kawamoto, et al. (1999). Characteristics of soluble carbohydrates composition of phasey bean (Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.). Grassland Science. Jan. 44(4): 356-359. {a} Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

Mathews, B. W., J. P. Tritschler, II, et al. (1999). Soil macronutrient distribution in rotationally stocked kikuyugrass paddocks with short and long grazing periods. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 30(3-4): 557-571. {a} College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resource Management, University of Hawai'i at Hilo, Hilo, HI, 96720-4091, USA

Ohashi, Y., H. Saneoka, et al. (1999). Comparison of water stress effects on growth, leaf water status, and nitrogen fixation activity in tropical pasture legumes siratro and desmodium with soybean. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. Dec. 45(4): 795-802. {a} Faculty of Applied Biological Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, 739-8528, Japan

Shimojo, M., T. Bungo, et al. (1999). Two different-type equations of relative growth analysis for both forages and ruminants and deriving of them from a hypothetic equation. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 43(3-4): 355-364. {a} Laboratory of Animal Feed Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

Shimojo, M., T. Bungo, et al. (1999). Forage growth analysis, forage digestion analysis and ruminant growth analysis as related using simple equations. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 43(3-4): 383-393. {a} Laboratory of Animal Feed Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

Shimojo, M., T. Bungo, et al. (1999). Accumulation of digestible materials with growth of forages and digestion of forage dry matter by in vitro incubation with rumen fluid and pepsin. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 43(3-4): 373-382. {a} Laboratory of Animal Feed Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

Shimojo, M., T. Bungo, et al. (1999). Analyses of accumulation of silica in the growth of two tropical forages using simple equations. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 43(3-4): 395-401. {a} Laboratory of Animal Feed Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

Shimojo, M., T. Bungo, et al. (1999). Net assimilation rate of forages and forage intake of ruminants as related using a hypothetic equation suggested to growth analysis of both forages and ruminants. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 43(3-4): 365-371. {a} Laboratory of Animal Feed Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

Gillaspie, A. G., Jr. and S. A. Ghabrial (1998). First report of peanut stunt cucumovirus naturally infecting Desmodium sp. Plant Disease 82(12): 1402. {a} USDA, ARS, Griffin, GA 30223, USA

Herbarium, P. S. (1998). New Hawaiian plant records for 1997. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers(56): 8-15. {a} Hawaii Biol. Survey, Bishop Mus., 1525 Bernice St., Honolulu, HI 96817, USA

Kaitho, R. J. and J. N. Kariuki (1998). Effects of Desmodium, Sesbania and Calliandra supplementation on growth of dairy heifers fed napier grass basal diet. Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 11(6): 680-684. {a} Kenya Agric. Res. Inst., Natl. Anim. Husb. Res. Cent., P.O. Box 25, Naivasha, Kenya

Mih, A. M. and J. Hanson (1998). Alfalfa mosaic virus: Occurrence and variation among isolates from forage legumes in Ethiopia. Tropical Grasslands 32(2): 118-123. {a} Dep. Life Sci., Univ. Buea, PO Box 63, Buea, Cameroon

Rezvani, M. P. and D. Wilman (1998). Cell wall thickness and cell dimensions in plant parts of eight forage species. Journal of Agricultural Science 131(1): 59-67. {a} Welsh Inst. Rural Studies, Univ. Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3AL, UK

Shimojo, M., M. Tobisa, et al. (1998). Analyses of accumulation of crude protein and decrease in its content in the growth of Chloris gayana Kunth and Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University 42(3-4): 377-381. {a} Lab. Anim. Feed Sci., Fac. Agric., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan

Wilman, D. and M. P. Rezvani (1998). Volume, surface area and cellular composition of chewed particles of plant parts of eight forage species and estimated degradation of cell wall. Journal of Agricultural Science 131(1): 69-77. {a} Welsh Inst. Rural Studies, Univ. Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3AL, UK

Wilman, D. and M. P. Rezvani (1998). In vitro digestibility and neutral detergent fibre and lignin contents of plant parts of nine forage species. Journal of Agricultural Science 131(1): 51-58. {a} Welsh Inst. Rural Studies, Univ. Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3AL, UK

Tolera, A. and A. N. Said (1997). In sacco, in vitro and in vivo digestibility and supplementary value of some tropical forage legume hays to sheep feeding on a basal diet of maize stover. Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition 77(1): 35-43. {a} Coll. Agric., Dep. Anim. Product. Rangeland Management, PO Box 5, Awassa, Ethiopia

Haque, I., N. Z. Lupwayi, et al. (1996). Inoculation and phosphorus effects on Desmodium intortum and Sesbania sesban in the Ethiopian highlands. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 56(3): 165-172. {a} NARC, Box 299, Beaverlodge, AB T0H 0C0, Canada

Izaguirre, M. M. L. and A. I. Vivas (1996). Symbiotic N-2-fixation in tropical legume species growing at high geographic elevation. Symbiosis 21(1): 49-60. {a} Lab. Biotecnologia Virologia Vegetal, Centro Microbiologia Biologia Cellular, Instituto Venezolano Investigaciones Cientificas, Apartado Postal 21827, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela

Mtengeti, E. J., D. Wilman, et al. (1996). Differences between twelve forage species in physical breakdown when eaten. Journal of Agricultural Science 126(3): 287-293. {a} Welsh Inst. Rural Studies, Univ. Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DD, UK

Perez, M. R. A. and B. W. Norton (1996). The effects of condensed tannins from Desmodium intortum and Calliandra calothyrsus on protein and carbohydrate digestion in sheep and goats. British Journal of Nutrition 76(4): 515-533. {a} Dep. Agric., Univ. Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

Perez, M. R. A. and B. W. Norton (1996). Digestion of 14C-labelled condensed tannins from Desmodium intortum in sheep and goats. British Journal of Nutrition 76(4): 501-513. {a} Dep. Agric., Univ. Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia

Wilman, D., E. J. Mtengeti, et al. (1996). Physical structure of twelve forage species in relation to rate of intake by sheep. Journal of Agricultural Science 126(3): 277-285. {a} Welsh Inst. Rural Studies, Univ. Wales, Aberystwyth, Dyfed SY23 3DD, UK

Lusembo, P., S. M. A. Mohamed, et al. (1995). Agronomic evaluation of herbaceous legumes in a subhumid zone of Uganda. African Journal of Range and Forage Science 12(2): 68-71. {a} Namulonge Agric. Anim. Production Res. Inst., P.O. Box 7084, Kampala, Uganda

Perez, M. R. A., B. W. Norton, et al. (1995). Factors affecting in vitro formation of tannin-protein complexes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 69(3): 291-298. {a} Dep. Agric., Univ. Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia

Getachew, G., A. N. Said, et al. (1994). The effect of forage legume supplementation on digestibility and body weight gain by sheep fed a basal diet of maize stover. Animal Feed Science and Technology 46(1-2): 97-108. {a} Inst. Agric. Res., Holetta Res. Cent., P.O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Silva, J. L. S. D. and A. V. A. Jacques (1994). Forage quality in a natural grassland sod-seeded with tropical and subtropical legumes. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 23(1): 1-11. {a} Dep. Plantas Forrageiras e Agrometerologia, UFRGS, Caixa Postal 776, CEP 90001, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Ayres, J. F. (1993). The application of Australian tropical pasture technology to Asia and the Pacific. Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 6(2): 169-186. NSW Agric., Agric. Res. Advisory Station, Glen Innes 2370, New South Wales, Australia

Evans, T. R., J. C. P. Severo, et al. (1993). Effect of fertiliser and supplementary phosphorus on the intake and digestibility of the legume Desmodium intortum. Asian Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences 6(2): 191-195. {a} CSIRO Div. Tropical Crops Pastures, 306 Carmody Road, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4067, Australia

Said, A. N. and A. Tolera (1993). The supplementary value of forage legume hays in sheep feeding: Feed intake, nitrogen retention and body weight change. Livestock Production Science 33(3-4): 229-237. {a} ILCA, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Silva, J. L. S. D. and A. V. A. Jacques (1993). Available forage of a natural grassland sod-seeded with tropical and subtropical legumes. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 22(6): 920-929. {a} Dep. Plantas Forrageiras Agrome-teorol., UFRGS, Caixa Postal 776, CEP 90001 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil

Date, R. A. and L. S. Hurse (1992). Growth, competitiveness and effectiveness of spontaneous antibiotic resistant strains of Bradyrhizobium for Desmodium intortum cultivar Greenleaf. Soil Biology And Biochemistry 24(1): 33-39.

Hue, N. V. (1992). Correcting soil acidity of a highly weathered ultisol with chicken manure and sewage sludge. Communications In Soil Science And Plant Analysis 23(3-4): 241-264.

Hurse, L. S. and R. A. Date (1992). Competitiveness of indigenous strains of Bradyrhizobium on Desmodium intortum cultivar greenleaf in three soils of south east Queensland. Soil Biology And Biochemistry 24(1): 41-50.

Date, R. A. (1991). Lateral movement of strains of Bradyrhizobium from inoculated seed of Macroptilium atropurpureum and Desmodium intortum sown in the field. Soil Biology And Biochemistry 23(6): 543-550.

Date, R. A. (1991). Nodulation success and persistence of recommended inoculum strains for subtropical and tropical forage legumes in northern Australia. Soil Biology And Biochemistry 23(6): 533-542.

Date, R. A. and L. S. Hurse (1991). Intrinsic antibiotic resistance and serological characterization of populations of indigenous Bradyrhizobium isolated from nodules of Desmodium intortum and Macroptilium atropurpureum in three soils of southeast Queensland (Australia). Soil Biology And Biochemistry 23(6): 551-562.

Ishizaki, S. M., J. A. Silva, et al. (1991). Soil-plant relationships in pangola grass (Digitaria decumbens Stent.) and intortum (Desmodium intortum (Mill.) Urb.) fertilized with molybdenum and copper. Journal Of Plant Nutrition 14(3): 295-314.

Lewin, A., E. Cervantes, et al. (1990). NodSU, Two new nod genes of the broad host range Rhizobium strain NGR234 encode host-specific nodulation of the tropical tree Leucaena leucocephala. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 3(5): 317-326.

Norton, B. W., P. J. Kennedy, et al. (1990). Grazing management studies with Australian cashmere goats: 3. Effect of season on the selection of diet by cattle, sheep and goats from two tropical grass-legume pastures. Australian Journal Of Experimental Agriculture 30(6): 783-788.

Stanton, J. M., C. A. Garcia, et al. (1990). Resistance and tolerance of Desmodium ovalifolium to Pterotylenchus cecidogenus, the stem gall nematode. Nematologica 36(4): 424-433.

Woomer, P., W. Asano, et al. (1990). Environmental factors related to rhizobial abundance in kikuyugrass (Pennisetum clandestinum) pastures. Tropical Agriculture 67(3): 217-220.

Jones, R. M. (1989). Productivity and population dynamics of silverleaf desmodium (Desmodium uncinatum) greenleaf desmodium Desmodium intortum and two Desmodium intortum Desmodium sandwicense hybrids at two stocking rates in coastal south-east Queensland (Australia). Tropical Grasslands 23(1): 43-55.

Lin, D. (1989). High antialkaline and symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity of the fast-growing rhizobia from Desmodium intortum. Acta Microbiologica Sinica 29(5): 354-359.

Barnes, G. R. (1988). Desmodium: A low-cost pasture for the eastern Cape coastal region (South Africa). Journal Of The Grassland Society Of Southern Africa 5(3): 138-142.

Ohashi, H. (1988). Desmodium (Leguminosae) of the Hawaiian Islands (USA). Science Reports Of The Tohoku University Fourth Series 39(3): 171-190.

Sangakkara, U. R. (1988). A study on the establishment of tropical grasses and legumes. Journal Of Agronomy And Crop Science 160(4): 235-238.

Shimojo, M. and I. Goto (1988). A study on the relation between organic matter and acetyl bromide lignin disappearances in tropical legumes. Science Bulletin Of The Faculty Of Agriculture Kyushu University 42(3-4): 153-156.

Stanley, J., D. N. Dowling, et al. (1988). Cloning of hemA from Rhizobium sp. NGR234 and symbiotic phenotype of a gene-directed mutant in diverse legume genera. Molecular & General Genetics 215(1): 32-37.

Tsugawa, H., R. M. Jones, et al. (1988). Growth of plant tops, stolons and roots in first year swards of Centrosema pubescens and Desmodium intortum Greenleaf: II. Development of stolons and roots. Journal Of Japanese Society Of Grassland Science 34(3): 157-168.

Tsugawa, H., R. M. Jones, et al. (1988). Growth of plant tops, stolons and roots in first year swards of Centrosema pubescens and Desmodium intortum cultivar Greenleaf: I. Seasonal changes in top growth. Journal Of Japanese Society Of Grassland Science 34(2): 53-64.

Shimojo, M. and I. Goto (1987). A study on the relation between organic matter disappearance and acetyl bromide lignin of tropical forages. Japanese Journal Of Zootechnical Science 58(9): 750-753.

Shoji, K., K. Fukuyama, et al. (1987). Performance of tropical pasture legumes grown in Southwestern Islands of Japan: XVI. Dry matter and nitrogen yields of nine tropical legumes grown in pure stands or in mixtures with Rhodesgrass (Chloris gayana) in the northern parts of the islands. Journal Of Japanese Society Of Grassland Science 33(1): 21-31.

Thro, A. M. and C. C. Shock (1987). Performance of subtropical forage legumes in Louisiana, southcentral USA. Tropical Agriculture 64(4): 297-304.

Valles, M. B., L. G. R. De, et al. (1987). Effect of age of material and planting date on the vegetative establishment of legumes. Tropical Agriculture 64(2): 149-151.

Young, C. C. and D. P. Bartholomew (1987). Growth, nutrient uptake, and nitrogen fixation of Desmodium intortum as influenced by root exudates of limpograsses (Hemarthria altissima). Proceedings Of The National Science Council Republic Of China Part B Life Sciences 11(2): 187-193.

Cowan, R. T., T. M. Davison, et al. (1986). Observations on the diet selected by Friesian cows grazing tropical grass and grass-legume pastures. Tropical Grasslands 20(4): 183-192.

Ogata, S., K. Fujita, et al. (1986). Effect of aluminum concentration in culture solution on the growth and nitrogen-fixation of some tropical pasture legumes. Soil Science And Plant Nutrition 32(1): 27-36.

Adjei, M. B. and F. K. Fianu (1985). The effect of cutting interval on the yield and nutritive value of some tropical legumes on the coastal grassland of Ghana. Tropical Grasslands 19(4): 164-171.

Andrade, I. F. (1985). Methods for introducing leguminous plants into native pasture of the cerrado. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Zootecnia 14(2): 151-158.

Andrews, A. C. and T. A. Gibson (1985). Adaptation of improved pasture species in the Highlands of northern Thailand: 2. The 800 meter zone. Tropical Grasslands 19(1): 17-24.

Chen, H., M. Batley, et al. (1985). Alteration of the effective nodulation properties of a fast-growing broad host range Rhizobium due to changes in exopolysaccharide synthesis. Journal Of Plant Physiology 120(4): 331-350.

Davison, T. M. and G. W. Brown (1985). Influence of stocking rate on the recovery of legume in tropical grass-legume pastures. Tropical Grasslands 19(1): 4-10.

Gibson, T. A. and A. C. Andrews (1985). Adaptation of improved pasture species in the Highlands of northern Thailand: 1. The 1200 to 1500 meter zone. Tropical Grasslands 19(1): 10-17.

Ohashi, H., T. Nemoto, et al. (1985). Taxonomic studies on the Leguminosae of Taiwan: II. Science Reports Of The Tohoku University Fourth Series 39(1): 53-66.

Sanjappa, M. and R. P. Bhatt (1985). Karyomorphological observations in some species of Desmodium (Fabaceae, Papilionoideae). Cytologia 50(3): 487-498.

Whiteman, P. C., O. Royo, et al. (1985). The effects of five nitrogen rates on the yield and nitrogen usage in Setaria alone, Desmodium alone and Setaria and Desmodium mixed sward over three years. Tropical Grasslands 19(2): 73-81.

Jones, R. M., C. Johansen, et al. (1984). Effect of omission of annual superphosphate applications on Desmodium intortum cultivar Greenleaf and pangola grass (Digitaria decumbens) pastures. Tropical Grasslands 18(4): 205-215.

Kitamura, Y. and J. Abe (1984). Relative drought sensitivity of tropical pasture legumes. Journal Of Japanese Society Of Grassland Science 30(2): 122-130.

Whiteman, P. C., M. Seitlheko, et al. (1984). Short-term flooding tolerance of 17 commercial tropical pasture legumes. Tropical Grasslands 18(2): 91-96.

Djordjevic, S. P., R. W. Ridge, et al. (1848). Induction of pathogenic-like responses in the legume Macroptilium atropurpureum by a transposon-induced mutant of the fast-growing, broad-host-range Rhizobium strain NGR234. Journal Of Bacteriology 170(4): 1848-1857.

Quesenberry, K. H. and R. A. Dunn (1234). Variability among Desmodium spp. for response to root-knot nematodes. Crop Science 27(6): 1234-1237.


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