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Semiarid legume crops as protein resources
Author(s) -
Becker R.,
Sayre R. N.,
Saunders R. M.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/bf02542170
Subject(s) - legume , leucaena , prosopis , agronomy , perennial plant , agroforestry , acacia , forage , biomass (ecology) , crop , leucaena leucocephala , biology , population , agriculture , botany , ecology , demography , sociology
Worldwide population pressures and accompanying increased demands on water supplies and tillable land has forced a reevaluation of traditional agricultural techniques and crops. Under‐used semiarid lands are becoming candidates for crop production that uses stress‐tolerant plants. Desert legume trees and shrubs, e.g., species of Prosopis, Leucaena, Acacia, Geoffroea and Olneya , fix nitrogen and could be sources of seed protein forage or biomass. Seeds from desert legume perennials have a high potential as protein producers.