Biology:Desmodium uncinatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Desmodium |
| Species: | D. uncinatum
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Desmodium uncinatum, the silverleaf desmodium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to Latin America, and introduced as a fodder to various locales in Africa, India, New Guinea, Australia and Hawaii.[1] Although chiefly a fodder, it can also be used for pasture, deferred feed, cut-and-carry, hay, ground cover, and mulch.[2] It is considered invasive in Australia and Hawaii.[2]
This species of Desmodium has also found use in the push-pull technology for pest management where it is grown as an intercrop between rows of a cereal crop to control stem-boring insects and fall armyworms. Together with D. intortum (greenleaf desmodium) they are the most common two intercrops of push-pull technology.[3][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Desmodium uncinatum (Jacq.) DC.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1109494-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heuzé, V.; Tran, G.; Eugène, M.; Bastianelli, D. (7 October 2015). "Silverleaf desmodium (Desmodium uncinatum)". Feedipedia, a programme by INRAE, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. https://www.feedipedia.org/node/299.
- ↑ Pickett, John A; Woodcock, Christine M; Midega, Charles AO; Khan, Zeyaur R (2014). "Push–pull farming systems". Current Opinion in Biotechnology 26: 125–132. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2013.12.006. PMID 24445079.
- ↑ Khan, Zeyaur R; Midega, Charles AO; Bruce, Toby J. A.; Hooper, Anthony M; Pickett, John A (2010). "Exploiting phytochemicals for developing a 'push–pull' crop protection strategy for cereal farmers in Africa". Journal of Experimental Botany 61 (15): 4185–4196. doi:10.1093/jxb/erq229. PMID 20670998. https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article/61/15/4185/428504. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
Wikidata ☰ Q15487737 entry
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