Leucaena Research in the Asian-Pacific Region

Proceedings of a Workshop Held in Singapore, 23-26 November 1982

• Author(s): Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, International Development Research Centre (Canada),
• Publisher: The Centre
• Pages: 192
• ISBN_10: 0889363722
  ISBN_13: 9780889363724
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / Life Sciences / Botany , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Forestry ,

Description:... Because of Leucaena leucocephala's multiple uses as forage, fuelwood, poles, green manure, etc., this fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing tree has been the subject of much research in the last decade. The results have clarified the capabilities of the plant as well as its limitations. One main constraint to cultivation in vast areas of Latin America and Southeast Asia has been leucaena's inability to survive in acidic, aluminum-saturated soils.