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Potential of Sesbania rostrata as a forage intercrop with rice. (114)

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Peter J. Sexton
Agriculture Program, Mennonite Central Committe, P.O. Box 5, Maijdee Court, Noakhali District, Bangladesh
Fred R. Musser
Agriculture Program, Mennonite Central Committe, P.O. Box 5, Maijdee Court, Noakhali District, Bangladesh
Amal K. Roy
Agriculture Program, Mennonite Central Committe, P.O. Box 5, Maijdee Court, Noakhali District, Bangladesh
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Sesbania rostrata
Rice
lntercropping
Regrowth
Forage crop

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Potential of Sesbania rostrata as a forage intercrop with rice. (114). (2000). Tropical Agriculture, 77(2). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/1452
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Abstract

In Bangladesh, small farmers often face a short-fall of fodder during the main rice-growing season and are forced to sell their cattle. Intercropping Sesbania rostrata with rice was tested as a way to produce extra fodder during this period. Sesbania rostrata was easily established from cuttings, had good regrowth after clipping, and produced high dry matter yield as a border crop. It appears to have good potential as a forage crop during the main rice-growing season.
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