M. A. M. Khair

Agricultural Research Corporation, P.O.Box 126, Wad Medani – Sudan.

SUMMARY

An experiment was conducted for three seasons to compare the forage yields of lubia, Lablab Purpureus (L), clitoria, Clitoria ternatae (L) and phillipesara, Vigna trilobata (WAIP) using eight destructive harvests. The first harvest was at 42 days after emergence and the subsequent harvests were at 14-days interval. The mean yields of phillipesara in the individual harvests, across all harvests and in the maximum yield were higher than those of lubia and clitoria. The higher dry matter yield of phillipesara paralleled higher leaf area index (I AI). The earliness in attaining the maximum yield were in the order : phillipesara, clitoria and lubia.

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