Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Alves, B. J. R., A. S. Resende, et al. (2000). Biological nitrogen fixation by two tropical forage legumes assessed from the relative ureide abundance of stem solutes: 15N calibration of the technique in sand culture. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. Feb. 56(2): 165-176. {a} Embrapa-Agrobiologia, Km 47, Seropedica, 23851-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Alves, B. J. R., C. d. P. Rezende, et al. (2000). Estimation of N2 fixation in Desmodium ovalifolium from the relative ureide abundance of stem solutes: Comparison with the 15N-dilution and an in situ core technique. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. Feb. 56(2): 177-193. {a} Embrapa-Agrobiologia, Km 47, Seropedica, 23851-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Boddington, C. L. and J. C. Dodd (2000). The effect of agricultural practices on the development of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. II. Studies in experimental microcosms. Plant and Soil 218(1-2): 145-157. {a} Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Wageningen Agricultural University, 6700 EC, Wageningen, Netherlands

Boddington, C. L. and J. C. Dodd (1999). Evidence that differences in phosphate metabolism in mycorrhizas formed by species of Glomus and Gigaspora might be related to their life-cycle strategies. New Phytologist. June 142(3): 531-538. {a} Department of Biosciences, International Institute of Biotechnology - Biotechnology MIRCEN, University of Kent Campus, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7YW, UK

de, P. R. C., R. B. Cantarutti, et al. (1999). Litter deposition and disappearance in Brachiaria pastures in the Atlantic forest region of the South of Bahia, Brazil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems. June 54(2): 99-112. {a} Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Agrobiologia (Embrapa-CNPAB), Km 47, Seropedica, 23851-970, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Herrera, S. I. C. and M. N. Marban (1999). Effects of leguminous cover crops on plant parasitic nematodes associated with coffee in Nicaragua. Nematropica . [print] Dec 29(2): 223-232. {a} Facultad de Agronomia Managua, Universidad Nacional Agraria, Managua, Nicaragua

Molina, D. O., A. N. Pell, et al. (1999). Effects of ruminal inoculations with tannin-tolerant bacteria on fibre and nitrogen digestibility of lambs fed a high condensed tannin diet. Animal Feed Science and Technology. Sept. 81(1-2): 69-80. {a} Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, 329 Morrison Hall, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA

Muhr, L., S. A. Tarawali, et al. (1999). Forage legumes for improved fallows in agropastoral systems of subhumid West Africa. I. Establishment, herbage yield and nutritive value of legumes as dry season forage. Tropical Grasslands. [print] Dec 33(4): 222-233. {a} University of Hohenheim (380), D-70593, Stuttgart, Germany

Schweizer, M., J. Fear, et al. (1999). Isotopic (13C) fractionation during plant residue decomposition and its implications for soil organic matter studies. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 13(13): 1284-1290. {a} Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College, University of London, Wye, Ashford, Kent, TN25 5AH, UK

Boddington, C. L. and J. C. Dodd (1998). A comparison of the development and metabolic activity of mycorrhizas formed by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi from different genera on two tropical forage legumes. Mycorrhiza 8(3): 149-157. {a} Inst. Inst. Biotechnol./Biotechnol., MIRCEN, Univ. Kent Campus, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7YW, UK

Glasener, K. M., M. G. Wagger, et al. (1998). Nitrogen-15 labeling effectiveness of two tropical legumes. Plant and Soil 200(2): 149-156. {a} Senate Agric. Committee, 328A Senate Russell Build., Washington, DC 20015, USA

Shearer, P. W. and V. P. Jones (1998). Suitability of selected weeds and ground covers as host plants of Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 33: 75-82. {a} Rutgers Agric. Res. Extension Cent., 121 Northville Rd., Bridgeton, NJ 08302, USA

Ashton, P. M. S., S. J. Samarasinghe, et al. (1997). Role of legumes in release of successionally arrested grasslands in the central hills of Sri Lanka. Restoration Ecology 5(1): 36-43. {a} Marsh Hall, 360 Prospect St., Sch. Forestry Environ. Studies, Yale Univ., New Haven, CT 06511, USA

Barahona, R., C. E. Lascano, et al. (1997). Intake, digestion, and nitrogen utilization by sheep fed tropical legumes with contrasting tannin concentration and astringency. Journal of Animal Science 75(6): 1633-1640. {a} Centro Inernacional Agricultura, A. A. 6713, Cali, Colombia

Giner, C. B. I., P. J. V. S. J. B. Robertson, et al. (1997). A method for isolating condensed tannins from crude plant extracts with trivalent ytterbium. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 74(3): 359-368. {a} Dep. Animal Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Giner, C. B. I., S. P. J. Van, et al. (1997). Comparison of the precipitation of alfalfa leaf protein and bovine serum albumin by tannins in the radial diffusion method. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 74(4): 513-523. {a} Dep. Animal Sci., Cornell Univ., New York, NY 14853, USA

Nelson, K. E., A. N. Pell, et al. (1997). Chemical and biological assays to evaluate bacterial inhibition by tannins. Journal of Chemical Ecology 23(4): 1175-1194. {a} Dep. Anim. Sci., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Cadisch, G., H. Imhof, et al. (1996). Carbon turnover (delta-13C) and nitrogen mineralization potential of particulate light soil organic matter after rainforest clearing. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28(12): 1555-1567. {a} Dep. Biological Sci., Wye Coll., Univ. London, Wye TN25 5AH, UK

Luna, O. P., M. G. Wagger, et al. (1996). Decomposition and nutrient release dynamics of two tropical legume cover crops. Agronomy Journal 88(5): 758-764. {a} Dep. Soil Sci., North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC 27695, USA

Miettinen, P. and P. E. Echegoyen (1996). The effect of two pesticides (Vitavax-300 and Gaucho) on rhizobia and on the nodulation of four legumes. Agricultural and Food Science in Finland 5(2): 203-207. {a} Oy Finnagro Ab, Asematie 6 B, 01300 Vantaa, Finland

Szott, L. T. and C. A. Palm (1996). Nutrient stocks in managed and natural humid tropical fallows. Plant and Soil 186(2): 293-309. {a} Apartado 329, Turrialba, Costa Rica

Bradshaw, L. and W. T. Lanini (1995). Use of perennial cover crops to suppress weeds in Nicaraguan coffee orchards. International Journal of Pest Management 41(4): 185-194. {a} Center Sustainable Development Studies, Dept. SJO 2122, P.O. Box 025216, Miami, FL 33102-5216, USA

Larbi, A., J. Lazier, et al. (1995). Dry matter production of thirteen tropical legumes in association with rhodes grass (Chloris gayana cv. Callide) on an acid soil in Ethiopia. Tropical Grasslands 29(2): 88-91. {a} c/- L. W. Lambourn, 26 Dingwall Rd., Croydon CR9 3EE, UK

Nelson, K. E., A. N. Pell, et al. (1995). Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic ruminal bacterium capable of degrading hydrolyzable tannins. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61(9): 3293-3298. {a} Dep. Animal Sci., Morrison Hall, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Reategui, K., R. R. Vera, et al. (1995). On farm grass-legume pasture performance in the Peruvian rainforest. Experimental Agriculture 31(2): 227-239. {a} Centro Internacional Agricult. Tropica, Cali, Colombia

Viera, V. M. S., C. M. Souto, et al. (1995). Quantification of the contribution of N-2 fixation to tropical forage legumes and transfer to associated grass. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 27(9): 1193-1200. {a} EMBRAPA-Centro Nacional de Pesquisa de Agrobiologia, Km 47, Seropedica, Itaguai, 23851-970 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Goncalves, C. A. and N. D. L. Costa (1994). Agronomic Evaluation of Brachiaria humidicola In Pure Stands and in Combination With Tropical Legumes in Rondonia. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Zootecnia 23(5): 699-708. {a} EMBRAPA/CPATU, Belem-Para, Brazil

Szott, L. T., C. A. Palm, et al. (1994). Biomass and litter accumulation under managed and natural tropical fallows. Forest Ecology and Management 67(1-3): 177-190. {a} Dep. Soil Sci., N.C. State Univ., P.O. Box 7619, Raleigh, NC 27695-7619, USA

Agnew, A. D. Q., G. L. Rapson, et al. (1993). The functional ecology of Empodisma minus (Hook. f.) Johnson and Cutler in New Zealand ombrotrophic mires. New Phytologist 124(4): 703-710. {a} Dep. Biol. Sci., Univ. Coll. Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 3DA, UK

Febles, G., T. R. Ruiz, et al. (1993). Seed production of tropical legume pastures. Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science 27(2): 115-124. Instituto de Ciencia Animal, Apartado 24, San Jose de las Lajas, La Habana, Cuba

Lascano, C. E. and E. Palacios (1993). Intake and digestibility by sheep of mature grass alone and in combination with two tropical legumes. Tropical Agriculture 70(4): 356-358. {a} Tropical Forages Program, Centro International Agricultura Tropical, A.A. 6713, Cali, Colombia

Thomas, R. J. and N. M. Asakawa (1993). Decomposition of leaf litter from tropical forage grasses and legumes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 25(10): 1351-1361. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Apartado Aereo 6713, Cali, Colombia

McKellar, M. A. and K. H. Quesenberry (1992). Chromosome pairing and pollen viability in Desmodium ovalifolium Wall. X Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC. hybrids. Australian Journal Of Botany 40(2): 243-247.

Peck, R. B. and J. P. Bishop (1992). Management of secondary tree species in agroforestry systems to improve production sustainability in Amazonian Ecuador. Agroforestry Systems 17(1): 53-63.

Pereira, J. M., J. D. D. Nascimento, et al. (1992). Consumption and weight gain by cattle in pastures of grass Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweickt, in monoculture or associated with leguminous plants, under different stocking rates. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Zootecnia 21(1): 118-131.

Pereira, J. M., J. D. D. Nascimento, et al. (1992). Contents of crude protein and in vitro dry matter digestability in available forage and in selected diet for cattle in pastures of Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweickt, in monoculture or associated with leguminous plants under different stocking rates. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Zootecnia 21(1): 104-117.

Pereira, J. M., J. D. D. Nascimento, et al. (1992). Availability and botanical composition of forage available in pastures of Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweickt, in monoculture or associated with leguminous plants under different stocking rates. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Zootecnia 21(1): 90-103.

Ramirez, A., C. Sere, et al. (1992). An economic analysis of improved agroforestry practices in the Amazon lowlands of Ecuador. Agroforestry Systems 17(1): 65-86.

Estrada, L. H. C., J. D. D. Nascimento, et al. (1991). The effect of the sample size and the size of the quadrat upon the estimates of the botanical composition and dry matter production with the Botanal. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira De Zootecnia 20(5): 483-493.

Lenne, J. M., C. Torres, et al. (1990). Effect of wart disease on survival and yield of the tropical pasture legume Desmodium ovalifolium. Plant Disease 74(9): 676-679.

Stanton, J. M. (1990). Behavior of Pterotylenchus cecidogenus (Nematoda) in soil and on Desmodium ovalifolium as related to infection and host resistance. Nematologica 36(4): 448-456.

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.

Wong, C. C. (1990). Mineral composition and nutritive value of tropical forage legumes as affected by shade. Mardi 18(1): 135-144.

Cadisch, G., B. R. Sylvester, et al. (1989). Nitrogen-15 based estimation of nitrogen fixation by eight tropical forage legumes at two levels of phosphorus and potassium supply. Field Crops Research 22(3): 181-194.

Stanton, J. M. and C. Torres (1989). Chemical control of Pterotylenchus cecidogenus, the stem gall nematode on Desmodium ovalifolium, a tropical pasture legume. Nematologica 35(3): 371-376.

Cardenas, R. E. A. and C. E. Lascano (1988). Comparative study between sheep and cattle grazing in combined pastures. Acta Agronomica 38(1): 64-73.

Price, T. V. and J. M. Lenne (1988). Infection of Desmodium ovalifolium by Synchytrium desmodii. Transactions Of The British Mycological Society 90(3): 502-504.

Schultze, K. R. and G. Benavides (1988). Germplasm collection and preliminary evaluation of Desmodium ovalifolium Wall. Grc(12): 1-20.

Hussain, A., H. Ramirez, et al. (1987). Identification of cultivars of forage legume (Desmodium ovalifolium Guill et Perr.) by their electrophoretic patterns. Canadian Journal Of Plant Science 67(3): 713-718.

Price, T. V. (1987). Liberation and germination of Synchytrium desmodii sporangia. Transactions Of The British Mycological Society 89(3): 333-340.

Rugayah (1987). A new status for Desmodium ovalifolium (Papilionaceae). Reinwardtia 10(3): 381-382.

Olaya, H. G. and J. M. Lenne (1986). Characteristics of Rhizoctonia solani Huhn isolates and their importance as pathogens of Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) Sw. Acta Agronomica 36(2): 119-134.

Ramirez, V. G. S., L. L. D. R. Posso, et al. (1986). Some factors related to the digestibility of the legume Desmodium ovalifolium. Acta Agronomica 36(3): 75-85.

Rugayah (1986). A reassessment of the taxonomic status of Desmodium ovalifolium. Berita Biologi 3(5): 203-208.

Cajas, G. S., L. E. Tergas, et al. (1985). The effect of stocking rate on growth and the appearance of estrus in Mediterranean heifers raised in Brachiaria humidicola, Melinis minutiflora and Desmodium ovalifolium pastures. Acta Agronomica 35(2): 102-117.

Gil, I. A. A., S. D. Rojas, et al. (1985). Behavior of 5 leguminous forage plants as cover of heavily eroded areas of the piedmont of the western cordillera in the Cauca valley (Colombia). Acta Agronomica 35(2): 42-51.

Stanton, J. M. (1985). Survival of Pterotylenchus cecidogenus following storage in galls of Desmodium ovalifolium, desiccation and exposure to high osmotic pressure. Nematologica 31(4): 443-451.

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