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East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Joseph G. Boonman

    1. Independent Consultant, Kenya

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Part of the book series: Tasks for Vegetation Science (TAVS, volume 29)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. General

    1. Introduction

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 1-5

    2. History of grassland development (1900–1970)

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 6-13

    3. The grassland environment

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 14-39

    4. Husbandry of natural grassland

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 40-64

    5. From shifting cultivation to crop-grass rotations

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 65-85

    6. Species of cultivated grasses

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 86-127

    7. The establishment and husbandry of sown grasses

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 128-151

    8. Grass seed production in Kenya

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 152-172

    9. Grass breeding at Kitale

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 173-189

    10. Legumes in sown and grazed pastures

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 190-216

  3. Fodders

    1. Elephantgrass as fodder crop

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 217-234

    2. Elephantgrass husbandry

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 235-257

    3. Elephantgrass utilization

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 258-269

    4. Alternative fodder grasses

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 270-273

    5. Grass sorghum

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 274-284

    6. Fodder oats

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 285-287

    7. Lucerne

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 288-295

    8. Other (non-graminaceous) fodder crops

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 296-303

    9. Hay and silage

      • Joseph G. Boonman
      Pages 304-309
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About this book

The series Tasks for Vegetation Science is devoted to a variety of research aspects in vegetation science, pure as wellas applied. Of the applied problems one of the most pressing is to achieve better knowledge and improvement of the pasture vegetation in tropical and subtropical regions. As series editor I was impressed by the sheer volume of useful scientific information concerning pasture plants from East Africa collected during many years by Dr. Boonman and compiled in one manuscript. Dr. Boonman first came to East Africa in 1963 on an overland journey along the river Nile which took him from Alexandria in Egypt to Lake Victoria in Uganda and Kenya and back again. After a brief spell as a cotton agronomist in the Sudan Gezira he joined the grassland research team at Kitale, Kenya in 1966. Improvement ofseed yield oftropical grasses was his principal interest which finally led him into the fieldof breeding grasses. Well-known varieties from his work include Boma & Elmba Rhodesgrass as wellas Clone 13Elephantgrass. In 1979he was recalled to The Netherlands to head a cooperative seedcompany involved in the breeding of grasses and cereals. The author has focused this study on one region, Eastern Africa.Global application of theories runs into conflicts too easily with local types of farming, if not with bare economics. Very few books can be found that describe existing practices and seek local answers by digging deep in the stacks of old, local reports.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Consultant, Kenya

    Joseph G. Boonman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: East Africa’s grasses and fodders: Their ecology and husbandry

  • Authors: Joseph G. Boonman

  • Series Title: Tasks for Vegetation Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8224-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1867-5Published: 28 February 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4176-0Published: 23 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8224-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0167-9406

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-130X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 350

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Animal Ecology, Agriculture

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