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Ciência Florestal, 2018 The exploitation of wood energy purposes (firewood and charcoal) has caused reduction in native vegetation, added to this, problems are generated for fauna, flora and soil.
Lázaro Lavoisier Honorato da Silva +5 more
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Leucaena Leucocephala a Nutrition Profile [PDF]
Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 1995 Leucaena leucocephala is one of the fastest-growing leguminous trees. Its foliage is used as animal feed, and its leaves and seeds are used as human food in Central America, Indonesia, and Thailand. Mimosine, the toxic, non-protein amino acid in Leucaena, causes alopecia, growth retardation, cataract, goitre, decreased fertility, and mortality in non ...
Poonam Sethi, Pushpa R. Kulkarni
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Leucaena leucocephala, White Leadtree
EDIS, 2012 Leucaena leucocephala, White Leadtree (FOR299/FR367) In Florida, white leadtree is a prohibited species and therefore is not used in commercial applications in the state. However, in its native range it is used as a source of charcoal, fuel, and lumber.
Michael G. Andreu +2 more
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Nutrient Digestibility and Productivity of Bali Cattle Fed Fermented Hymenachne Amplexiacalis Based Rations Supplemented with Leucaena Leucocephala [PDF]
, 2015 An experiment was conducted to study the effects of lamtoro (Leucaena leucocephala) leaf supplementation in fermented kumpai grass (Hymenachne amplexiacalis) based rations on the productivity of Bali cattle.
Akbar, I. (I) +4 more
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Empirical Determination of the Carbon Impacts of Urban Forest Management in Hong Kong: Removal of Acacia confusa and Leucaena leucocephala [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesUrban trees contribute to decarbonisation. However, the removal of trees may release the stored carbon within them. In Hong Kong, Acacia confusa and Leucaena leucocephala are being removed, but with unknown carbon impacts.
Lee Louis Shing Him +6 more
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Agronomy, 2022 This study evaluates the effects of the inclusion of two different Leucaena species as a source of condensed tannins based on in vitro fermentation, methane production and post-ruminal protein supply in a diet based on Urochloa hybrid cv.
Xiomara Gaviria-Uribe +7 more
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Predicting field performance of five irrigated tree species using seedling quality assessment in Burkina Faso, West Africa [PDF]
, 2009 Five exotic tree species (Acacia angustissima (Mil.) Kuntze, Acacia mangium Wild, Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Alp., Leucaena hybrid (LxL), and Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit) were investigated to determine whether parameters of nursery seedling stock ...
Bayala, J. +4 more
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Leucaena cultivars – current releases and future opportunities
Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales, 2019 Plenary paper presented at the International Leucaena Conference, 1‒3 November 2018, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Leucaena genus is made up of 24 different species (19 diploid and 5 tetraploid species).
Scott A. Dalzell
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Leucaena leucocephala IN RUMINANT NUTRITION
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2014 <p>It is a common situation in extensive ruminant production systems in tropical countries to have low production indicators due to nutrient deficiencies in the diet. An economic alternative to increase animal production is the incorporation of legumes (fodder and fruits) in the diet. This review, presents an analysis of the positive and negative
M. Barros-Rodriguez +5 more
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Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022 The study was conducted with the aim of utilizing leaf meal prepared from Leucaena leucocephala and Gliricidia sepium trees from silvipasture model of agroforestry as alternate feeding strategy on partial replacement of feed ingredients in compound ...
S Gunasekaran, C Bandeswaran, C Valli
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