Forage yield potentials of three legumes under irrigation in the Sudan

Abstract

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.