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Pachyrhizus is a small genus of five or six species of tropical and subtropical plants growing from large, often edible taproots. Jicama plant Jícama The jícama (English pronunciation: or yam bean (P. erosus) is a vine widely grown for its large (10-15 cm diameter and up to 20 kg weight), spherical or elongated . . . → Read More: Yam Bean Grazing and Feeding Grazing Stubbles Lupin seed losses during harvesting can exceed 150kg/ha, making lupin stubble residues a very nutritious livestock fodder for grazing in-situ. Sheep and beef cattle tend to do better on lupin stubble than on cereal stubble because of the high energy value and protein content of the remaining seed. The . . . → Read More: Lupins - Grazing and Feeding Weed Management Weed control in lupins should be part of an integrated weed management system for the cropping rotation. Herbicides Simazine (or related triazine herbicides) is a pre-emergent herbicide used routinely on lupin crops in Australia and many other parts of the world. There are restrictions on the use of this herbicide group in . . . → Read More: Lupins - Weed Management - Disease and Pests Young velvet bean Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume known as velvet bean or cowitch and by other common names , found in Africa, India and the Caribbean. The plant is infamous for its extreme itchiness produced on contact, particularly with the young foliage and the seed pods. It has value in agricultural . . . → Read More: Velvet Bean Hyacinth bean known as Lablab purpureus Growth The hyacinth bean grows as a vine, producing purple flowers and striking electric-purple coloured seed pods. Lablab bean is a good choice for a quick screen on a trellis or fence. It grows fast, has beautiful, fragrant flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds, and it even produces . . . → Read More: Hyacinth - Jack - Sword - Winged Bean L. mutabilis - lower flowers at anthesis Germination and emergence Lupins have epigeal germination pushing both cotyledons above the soil surface. Germination requires an adequate level of soil moisture and rate of emergence depends on moisture, temperature and sowing depth. Vegetative growth Lupins have a compound leaf made up of 5 – 12 . . . → Read More: Lupin Growth, Development and Crop Nutrition |
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