Legumes associate with soil-dwelling nitrogen fixing rhizobia bacteria, and through this relationship can maintain and increase soil fertility while improving human nutrition, an important function in low-resourced nations such as Malawi. Increasing legume production requires th…
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In a preliminary study, somatic and zygotic embryos of soybean cv. Jack were analyzed for soluble carbohydrate, total lipids and protein during development. These studies demonstrated that the composition of Jack zygotic embryos is similar to that described for other cvs. during…
The experimental material comprising of nine soybean cultivars were planted during two seasons (spring and autumn) at four locations for three years 1992–94. Cultural operations were done when needed. Variances due to genotypes, environments and genotypes x environment interacti…
Oil-bearing plants are important sources of edible oil and proteins; they have attracted attention recently because of their antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. The objective of this work was to investigate the nature of phenolic compounds in oil-bearing…
Minimizing soil nutrient losses is a way of increasing the use efficiency of soil amendments and can reduce both production costs and environmental costs. By understanding the fate of nutrients contained in soil amendments, management practices that minimize nutrient losses can …