The use of participatory research methods in evaluating tree legumes has received little attention among researchers because of the widely-held assumption that data generated in this way are qualitative and not amenable to statistical testing. Using a participatory tool called a bao game, 112...

Although only Leucaena leucocephala is widely used, most members of the Leucaena genus have potential as multipurpose species for tropical agroforestry systems. To investigate the wood and biomass production potential of the Leucaena genus, 116 accessions covering the 22 species were evaluated over ...

The seedling vigour of 19 lines comprising Leucaena leucocephala, L. pallida, L. diversifolia and their hybrids was studied in glasshouse and field experiments in Hawaii between April and July 1991. Seedling vigour assessment was based on plant height and weights during 84 days of growth. L....

This paper provides an overview of some recent achievements in the area of production and utilization of fodder trees in East Africa. Most of the research work reviewed is part of the Agroforestry Research Network for Africa (AFRENA). In the sub-humid highlands the most common form of livestock...

Recent work to establish and produce multipurpose trees in Zimbabwe is reviewed in terms of their production and role in animal feeding systems. A great deal of variability was found in fodder production, with Acacia angustissima, Leucaena leucocephala cv. Cunningham, Gliricidia sepium and, to some ...

The aim of this work was to assess whether degradability, gas production or chemical constituents could predict preference for browses. Leaves of 40 tropical browse (deciduous) species with a crude protein (CP) content ranging from 79 to 307 g kg^-1 DM were used in the study; they were collected...

Leaves of nine agroforestry tree species (Grevillea robusta, Erythrina abyssinica, Gliricidia sepium, Albizia schimperana, Acacia nilotica, A. polyacantha, Leucaena leucocephala, L. pallida and Entada abyssinica) were compared in a glasshouse incubation experiment under natural temperature...

Forage yields of Leucaena leucocephala have been reduced as the result of psyllid damage since the psyllid Heteropsylla cubana invaded the Hawaiian islands in 1984. The forage productivity and psyllid resistance of 31 Leucaena species and interspecific hybrids planted at the Waimanalo Research...

Eleven accessions taken from Leucaena leucocephala, L. revoluta, L. pallida, L. diversifolia and L. leucocephala × L. diversifolia hybrids (leucaena), together with 3 accessions of Calliandra calothyrsus (calliandra), were evaluated on an acidic, nitosol soil in the tropical highland region of...

Research into species incompatibility has revealed that the genus is highly intercompatible, with 78 of 182 combinations among 13 species producing hybrid seed. When 58 interspecific hybrids were tested for fertility, 26 produced seed via open pollination; 13 produced no pods. Single and 3-way...