What is companion planting?
Companion planting is an agricultural practice according to which farmers or gardeners grow plants in proximity. A typical example of companion planting is the combination of beans, corn, and squash. […]
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Mung Bean: Plant Information, Uses, Nutritional Value and Health Benefits
Mung Bean and its Importance The mung bean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) is the most cost-effective and essential pulse crop and is an annual, warm-season legume with a quick growth […]
Sustainable Plant Nutrient Management
Biological Nitrogen Fixation and seeding Legumes for Soil Fertility
Biological nitrogen fixation: Making soil air into nitrogen-forms plants can use Free-living organisms in the soil can fix small amounts of Nitrogen. Sometimes large amounts can be fixed by bacteria […]
Legumes
A more Resilient Cereal-Cropping System with Legumes
Faba beans and vetches local landraces are exploited from the DiVicia project to make the cereal-cropping system more resilient to climate change and support food security in the Mediterranean. Agriculture […]
Legumes
The use of Greek fodder legume varieties for a sustainable, low-input cropping system
Co-authors: Sotiria Vouraki, Athanasios Ragkos, Eleni Abraham, Eleni Tani Does it worth investing in legumes? Legumes belong to the Fabaceae family, which is one of the biggest families in the […]
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