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Both nitrogen-fixing legumes and nutrient scavengers, like grasses, can be used as green manure. [12] Green manure of legumes is an excellent source of nitrogen, especially for organic systems, however, legume biomass does not contribute to lasting soil organic matter like grasses do.
The grasses and legumes which are grown in arable land and left for animals to graze-on. The straw of paddy and cholam and dry plants of pulse crops and groundnut form important forages. The foliage of a number of trees and shrubs which are edible to animals form another source of forage especially in dry areas and during the periods of scarcity.
Anthoxanthum odoratum is a short-lived perennial grass, commonly known as sweet vernal grass, that is native to acidic grassland in Eurasia and northern Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is grown as a lawn grass and a house plant , due to its sweet scent, and can also be found on unimproved pastures and meadows.
1.5.2 Root vegetables. 1.6 Herbs and spices. 1.7 Oil-producing plants. 2 Commodities. ... Many grasses are grown for hay and silage; Oil-producing plants (for fuel or ...
The grass family includes most of the known C 4 species – around 5000. They are only found in subfamilies of the PACMAD clade. Major C 4 crops such as maize, sugarcane, sorghum and pearl millet belong in this family. The only known species with C 3, C 4 and intermediate variants, Alloteropsis semialata, is a grass. [1] Aristida – 288 C 4 ...
The traditional kitchen garden, vegetable garden, also known as a potager (from the French jardin potager) or in Scotland a kailyaird, [1] is a space separate from the rest of the residential garden – the ornamental plants and lawn areas.
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The latter are commonly referred to collectively as grass. With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, [4] the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, ...