Pdf time of harvest and storability of crotalaria juncea l. International with a presence in asia, africa, australia and the pacific, the caribbean, and the united states. Rattlepod is closely related to crotalaria brevidens and information cannot always be attributed to either one of them with certainty. Agardh fabales fabaceae crotalaria crotalaria juncea l. Pdf crotalaria as a cover crop for nematode management. Crotalaria article about crotalaria by the free dictionary. In the ussr it is cultivated in transcaucasia and middle asia. Catalase cat and glutathione reductase gr responses to ni were also.
Uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients in sunhemp. It is generally considered to have originated in india. Potential of crotalaria juncea as cover crop for cyst nematode suppression under central europe conditions somayyeh sedaghatjooa, hanspeter sochtinga and andreas westphalb ajulius kuhninstitut, institute for plant protection in field crops and grassland, braunschweig, germany. Crotalaria juncea is propagated by seeds under moist and frostfree conditions, sowing periods varying upon location and final use of sunn hemp. Some species of crotalaria, including crotalaria juncea, contain toxic alkaloids, particularly the seeds and pods. The diseases caused have many names including walkabout, kimberley horse disease, stywesiekte and.
Crotalaria juncea definition of crotalaria juncea by the. Sunhemp crotalaria juncea flowers field in thailand. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. How sunhemp is effective for various diseases is listed in repertory format. This upright legume creates substantial biomass that can outcompete weeds, can be grazed as a high protein forage, and is resistant to root rot nematodes. There are many species and most of them are poisonous. Find crotalaria juncea stock images in hd and millions of other royalty free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. Past research efforts have shown that the soft, lignified fibers produced in the stem of sunn hemp could be utilized in the manufacturing of pulp and paper, and more recent efforts have indicated that other potential products can be developed from these fibers. Warm season cover crop adaptation trials using crotalaria. There is an increased interest in crotalaria entries as a cover crop for sugarcane saccharum officinarum l. Pdf response of crotalaria juncea to nickel exposure. Crotalaria as a cover crop for nematode management. Information is limited on the adaptation and production of sunn hemp crotalaria juncea l. The three main properties that make sunn hemp an excellent candidate for papermaking are 1 good yields of bleachable sulphate pulps, 2 pulp strength properties that are equal to or greater than those of mixed southern hardwood pulp, and 3 lengthtowidth ratio.
Leaf blade oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic, 24 cm wide. The indumentum of many species of crotalaria darkens significantly in herbarium collections and is often variously described as yellow or. Enlow, associate agronomist, office of forage crops and diseases, bureau of plant industry contents page introduction use 1 general description time2 climatic requirements. Effect of crotalaria juncea amendment on squash infected with meloidogyne incognita1 k. See status, confidence level, source for definitions. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. Sunhemp herb uses, benefits, cures, side effects, nutrients.
Two greenhouse experiments were conducted to examine the effect of crotalaria juncea amendment on meloidogyne incognita population levels and growth of yellow squash cucurbita pepo. Pdf the preliminary phytochemical screening of the crotalaria juncea leaves. Management of nematodes and soil fertility with sunn hemp cover. Message the user has shared this species from india biodiversity portal with you.
Pdf although used as green manure, one of the challenges the cultivation of crotalaria juncea is the. The seeds of crotalaria juncea have been reported at. Original article potential of crotalaria juncea as cover. Sunn crotalaria juncea, which is also known as sunn hemp and indian hemp, is an ancient textile crop. Ni was shown to accumulate mainly in the root system, with little being translocated to the shoots. To establish a successful stand, tropic sun seed should be broadcast and covered or drilled about y2 to 1 in 114 to 2y2 cm deep in a wellprepared, weedfree. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. This page was last edited on 12 december 2019, at 12. Crotalaria juncea, known as brown hemp, indian hemp, madras hemp, or sunn hemp, is a.
The three main properties that make sunn hemp an excellent candidate for papermaking are 1 good yields of bleachable sulphate pulps, 2 pulp strength properties that are equal to or greater than those of mixed southern hardwood pulp, and 3 lengthtowidth ratio of bast fibre that is greater than that of wood fibres. Crescent sunn crotalaria juncea sunn hemp is a high quality forage cut for hay, it is also well suited for soil improvement or green manure crop. They all contain pyrrolizidine alkaloids which cause damage in liver, lungs and in pigs in the kidney. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Summer cover crops such as buckwheat fagopyrum tataricum, sunn hemp. Much of the research on crotalaria has focused on nematode. Sunn hemp, chanvre indien, crotalaria juncea yellow blossom in field with mountain. The genus includes about 500 species of herbaceous plants and shrubs. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Activity of antioxidant enzymes in response to cadmium in crotalaria. Crotalaria definition of crotalaria by the free dictionary. It is now widely grown throughout the tropics and subtropics as a source of green manure, fodder and lignified fiber obtained from its stem.
Crotalaria juncea synonyms, crotalaria juncea pronunciation, crotalaria juncea translation, english dictionary definition of crotalaria juncea. The genus crotalaria has been known for its suppression of plantparasitic nematodes. A tough fiber obtained from the stems of this plant, used for cordage crotalaria juncea definition of crotalaria juncea by the free. Crotalaria ochroleuca is an erect muchbranched annual or shortlived perennial herb growing up to 2. Activity of antioxidant enzymes in response to cadmium in crotalaria juncea. Flora of pakistan crotalaria juncea sunn hemp grass seed pdf papers crotalaria juncea sunn. Bhattacharjee s 1998 membrane lipid peroxidation, free radical scavengers and. Crotalaria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family fabaceae subfamily faboideae commonly known as rattlepods.
Tropic sun is nontoxic and is resistant to rootknot and reniform nematodes. Allelopathic effects of sunnhemp crotalaria juncea l. Crotalaria, a new legume for the south by roland mckia senior agronomist, and o. Names of sunhemp in various languages of the world are also given. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The response of crotalaria juncea seedlings to nickel ni was investigated. It is cultivated primarily in india, sri lanka ceylon, vietnam, and indonesia. Crotalaria juncea an overview sciencedirect topics. A reappraisal of the free amino acids in seeds of crotalaria juncea leguminosae author links open overlay panel david j. Africa is the continent with the majority of crotalaria species approximately 400 species, which are mainly found in damp grassland, especially in floodplains, depressions and along edges of swamps and.
Pdf the contents and pharmacology of crotalaria junceaa. Sunn hemp crotalaria juncea is a warm season nitrogen fixing species that can reach over six feet tall. Accepted name bengal hemp plantae tracheophyta equisetopsida c. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. Crotalaria juncea, known as brown hemp, indian hemp, madras hemp, or sunn hemp, is a tropical asian plant of the legume family.
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