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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"melilotus"”.
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Yield and quality of oat interseeded with berseem clover and sweetclover as an early season forage crop
… made by berseem clover and sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis Lam.) is unknown. Therefore, this study was initiated in May 1994 and repeated in 1995 to determine yield and quality at different growth stages of oat intercropped with berseem clover and sweetclover.
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Pheasant Nesting and Vegetation Development in Dense Nesting Cover Established Under the South Dakota Pheasant Restoration Program
… followed a successional pattern. Sweet clover (Melilotus spp.) tended to dominate DNC plots at age 2 years while alfalfa and finally wheatgrasses (Agropyron spp.) dominated DNC plots at age 5. Although DNC plots provided secure pheasant nesting habitat and harbored high nest densities, …
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Field studies on the ringspot disease of Burley tobacco in Washington County, Virginia
… (Verbisina alternifolia) and sweet clover (Melilotus alba) were found naturally affected with ringspot, infection was readily obtained on tobacco with the expressed juice from these plants. 5. Twenty-five other species of weeds were tested for ringspot with negative results. 6. The rate of …
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Biology of the Porcupine (Erethizon Dorsatum) in northwestern South Dakota
… (Glycyrrhiza lepidota), yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) and bigtop dalea (Dalea enneandra) were the most frequently utilized forbs. Porcupine assimilation efficiency of pine inner bark was 83.6 percent; the assimilation efficiency of alfalfa was 77.6 percent. The resting metabolic …
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Habitat Preferences and Censusing of Waterfowl Broods On Stock Ponds In South Central South Dakota
… nesting cover provided by yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis). Study ponds with higher pH and more submersed aquatic vegetation had more brood use.
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An Evaluation of a Low-Cost UAV Approach to Noxious Weed Mapping
… toadflax was confused with yellow sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis). It was found that after the automated post-processing the photos were not positioned well enough to produce a consistent and accurate weed perimeter. A supervised classification was attempted with imagery of the musk thistle, …
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The use of cover crops to increase yield and reduce pest pressure in a commercial avocado orchard at Levubu, Limpopo Province
… sativa, Lotus corniculatus, Trifolium pratense, Melilotus alba and Phacelia tanacetifolia), bare soil and natural ground cover on pest and beneficial arthropods, soil health, crop yield, pest damage and weed suppression in avocado orchards. The trial plots were sited within established commercial …
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Disturbance impacts on non-native plant colonization in black spruce forests of interior Alaska
… (Taraxacum officinale), and white sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis) in burned and mature black spruce forest to determine if fire facilitates invasive plant germination. To determine the effect of substrate type on invasive plant germination, I planted seeds on a variety of substrates in the …
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The Plant Growth-Promoting Potential of Root-Associated Bacteria from Plants Growing in Stressed Environments
… in wheat (Trictum aestivum) and sweet clover (Melilotus alba), four isolates were selected for further study—A3 (Pseudomonas sp.) and A9 (Delftia sp.) in sweet clover and A12 (Kluyvera sp.) and B34 (Luteimonas sp.) in wheat—as they promoted early plant growth and development. Plant …
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Cover Crop Systems Impact on Biomass Production, Carbon-to-Nitrogen Ratio, Forage Quality, and Soil Health Indices in a Semiarid Environment.
… faba bean (Vicia faba L.), yellow sweetclover [Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam], winter pea (Pisum sativum L.) and two three-species mixtures (Cover crop mixture 1 [Mix 1]: annual ryegrass + faba bean + yellow sweetclover and Mix 2: Oat + faba bean + winter pea) laid out in a randomized complete …
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Reproductive Success and Brood Habitat Use of Greater Prairie Chickens and Sharp-Tailed Grouse on the Fort Pierre National Grassland of Central South Dakota
… selected habitats composed of sweet clover (Melilotus spp.), other forb-dominated vegetation, and green needlegrass. They avoided habitats dominated by Japanese brome and smooth brome. High nesting success and survival rates found during this study are likely attributed to the vast grassland …
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Reproductive Ecology of Long-billed Curlews Breeding in Grazed Landscapes of Western South Dakota
… year for the biennial forb yellow sweetclover (Melilotus officinalis). Nest success decreased from 0.39 in 2005 to 0.15 in 2006 due to a large increase in the rate of nest predation which accounted for 64% of nest failure in 2006. Daily nest survival rates for 2005 and 2006 combined were …
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The nature of host plant recruitment by the sensory repertoire of Sinorhizobium meliloti
… root nodules of the legume genera Medicago, Melilotus, and Trigonella. It exists in symbiosis when inside a host plant and will fix gaseous N2 into ammonium for the plant. In return, a population of the bacteria is harbored inside the plant where it can proliferate beyond what would be …
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Intersiembra de leguminosa sobre Thinopyrum ponticum como mejoradora de la biomasa forrajera, valor nutricional y estado orgánico del suelo
… intersiembra con vicia o trébol de olor blanco (Melilotus albus), sobre los cambios de valor nutricional en función de la composición botánica, y por último, (3) determinar el momento de corte óptimo para la confección de reservas (heno o ensilaje) y estudiar el efecto de la incorporación de …
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Elucidation of the Specificity of S. meliloti Chemoreceptors for Host Derived Attractants
… with most plants of the genera Medicago, Melilotus, and Trigonella. Medicago sativa (alfalfa) is an agriculturally important legume that hosts S. meliloti and allows the bacterium to invade the plant root and begin fixing nitrogen. Prior to invasion, S. meliloti exists as a free living …