TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chiu S B
AU  - Farida Emilia
AU  - Siow Aloysius
TI  - Mucuna bracteata- A super legume cover crop revisited
PY  - 2001///
PB  - Planter
KW  - Biomass
KW  - Legume species
KW  - Mucuna cracteata
KW  - Nutrient recycling
KW  - Stem cuttings
N2  - This paper details a viable method of large-scale propagation of Mucuna bracteata (Mb) using single-node stem cuttings and documents the dry biomass production of Mb of 28mt/ha in the open and 13 mt/ha under 60-70 per cent shade of six-year oil palm. Huge amounts of nutrients were recycled through leaf litter, estimated at 531kg/ha and 263kg/ha of combined NPKMg nutrients in the open and under shade respectively, 75-83 per cent being nitrogen. The soil under Mb was enriched, particularly at 20-30 cm depth-organic carbon, total phosphorus, exchangable potassium and cation exchange capacity (CEC) were significantly improved
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