LEUCAENA RESEARCH REPORTS, Volume 3, 1982
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1. CONTRIBUTED PAPERS ………………………………………………………………. 1
AUSTRALIA
Bray, R. A. Forage yield of Leucaena diverstfolia …………………………………………….. 1
Jones, R. J. and W. H. Winter. Serum thyroxine levels and liveweight
gain of steers grazing leucaena pastures ………………………………………………. 2
Versace, G. Propagating leucaena by grafting ………………………………………………… 3
BRAZIL
Sanzonowicz, Claudio and Walter Couto. Effect of calcium sulphur and
other nutrients on dry matter yield and nodulation of Leucaena
leucocephala in a “cerrado” soil …………………………………………………………. 4
Seiffert, N. F. Practical method for leucaena seed scarification using
NaOH . ………………………………………………………………………………………… 5
Seiffert, N.F. Low performance of Leucaena Peru type on central-Brasil
oxisols…………………………………………………………………………………………… 7
COLOMBIA
Hutton, E. Mark. Interrelation of Ca and Al in adaptation of leucaena to
very acid soils …………………………………………………………………………………. 9
Hutton, E. Mark and Tabares Z. Eddie. Leucaena esculenta and L. trichodes
-some similarities and differences ………………………………………………………… 12
Lenne, Jillian M. and Amparo Vargas de Alvarez. Seedling rot of leucaena
caused by Fusarium sp ……………………………………………………………………… 14
Lenne. Jillian M. and Celina Torres G. Bacterial pod blight of leucaena. ………………. 14
COSTA RICA
Gewaldt N. J. and Ugalde Luis. Growth of Leucaena leucocephala in
la garita de Alajuela, Costa Rica ……………………………………………………………15
Perez-Guerrero, Z. J. Diseases of leucaena observed in the humid tropics of
Costa Rica ………………………………………………………………………………………..16
Perez-Guerrero, Z. J., R. Borel and R. Bertsch. Prioritization of elements
in the mineral nutrition of Leucaena leucocephala in an acid soil of
Costa Rica ………………………………………………………………………………………..17
INDIA
Chandrasekaran, N. R. Studies on leucaena tree growth …………………………………….. 19
Damothiran, Dr. L. and Prof. N. R. Chandrasekaran. Nutrition studies with
leucaena forage ………………………………………………………………………………… 21
Das, R. B. and N. Venkat Reddy. Intercropping of leucaena with grain
crops ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 23
Dutt, A. K. Gummosis in leucaena …………………………………………………………………. 25
Dutt, A. K., S. Kaul and S. D. Sumbria. Effect of different rhizobial inoculant on
seedling growth in Leucaena leucocephala var. K8 ………………………………….. 26
Dutt, A. K. and Prithi Pal. Further observations on the growth of leucaena in
Jammu ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 27
Gill, A. S. and B. D. Patil. Leucaena foliage as a source of green manure ………………. 29
Gill, A. S., B. D. Patil and C. L. Yadav. Intercropping studies in leucaena …………….. 30
Krishna Murthy, K. and M. K. Mune Gowda. Effect of cutting and frequency
regimes on the herbage yield of leucaena ……………………………………………….. 3l
Patil, B. D., V. K. Gupta, A. Kumar and H. K. Joshi. Reaction of the parents
and hybrids of Leucaena leucocephala against gummosis disease ……………….. 33
Pathak, P. S., B. D. Patil and S. K. Gupta. Leaf characteristics in leucaena …………… 36
Pathak, P. S., B. D. Patil, S. K. Gupta and R. Deb Roy. Leucaena cultivation
improves soil fertility ………………………………………………………………………….. 37
Relwani, L. L., S. S. Deshmukh, D. Y. Khandale and R. V. Nakat. Growth
rates of leucaena under different systems of tree management ……………………. 38
Relwani, L. L., S. S. Deshmukh, R. V. Nakat and D. Y. Khandale. Varietal
trial on leucaena cultivars for forage production ………………………………………. 39
Relwani, L. L., S. S. Deshmukh, R. V. Nakat and D. Y. Khandale. Effect of
spacing management on the yield and quality of forage of K8 cultivar ………….. 40
Relwani, L. L., R. V. Nakat and D. Y. Khandale. Intercropping of four
leucaena cultivars with three grasses ……………………………………………………… 41
Venkat Reddy, N. and R. B. Das. Varietal performance of leucaena in drylands …….. 42
INDONESIA
Lowry, J. B., A. J. Evans and Budi Tangendjaja. Observations on leucaena
leaf meal production in Indonesia …………………………………………………………. 43
Parera, Viator. Giant lamtoro in the land of the trees ………………………………………….. 44
Petheram, R. J., Mas’ud Pandjaitan and Joni Liano. Leucaena forage production
trials based at Ciawi, Indonesia …………………………………………………………… 45
Prussner, Kenneth A. Regreening means conservation and incorne ………………………. 47
MAURITIUS
Osman, Azad M. Edibility of leucaena ……………………………………………………………. 49
MEXICO
Chel, Guerrero Luis, Jose L. Romano Munoz and Arturo Castellanos Ruelas.
Limiting aminoacids of leucaena leaf meal for the growing rat …………………….. 51
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Swift, J. F. Intercropping of two leucaena spp. with sweet potato: yield,
growth rate and biomass …………………………………………………………………….. 52
SRI LANKA
Weeraratna, C. S. Nitrogen release during decomposition of leucaena leaves …………. 54
TAIWAN
Chang, Y. C., Charles C. C. Tao and C. Y. Wong. Three species of scale
insects injurious to “giant” leucaena ……………………………………………………….. 55
Chou, C. H. Study of allelopathy with Hengchun vegetation ………………………………… 57
Hsieh, Huann-Ju. Diseases of leucaena in Taiwan …………………………………………….. 58
Hu, Ta-Wei and Tao Kiang. Wood production of spacing trial of leucaena
in Taiwan ………………………………………………………………………………………… 59
Hu, Ta-Wei and Wen-Chun Shih. The growth of different varieties of leucaena
in Taiwan ………………………………………………………………………………………… 62
Jai, Sy-Yung, C. Y. Hwang and J. C. Hsiung. The feasibility of producing
leucaena press-lam and its use as a stock for making furniture …………………… 63
Ku, Y. C. and S. J. Lin. Leucaena wood fibers for animal feeding ……………………….. 64
Kuo, Y. L., C. H. Chou and T. W. Hu. Allelopathic potential of Leucaena
leucocephala ……………………………………………………………………………………. 65
Lee, Bryant P. K. and Y. F. Yang. Leucaena seed as a feed ingredient for
broiler chicks …………………………………………………………………………………… 66
Lin, Jung-Yaw. Toxic nature of non-protein amino acids ……………………………………. 67
Tang, Jung-Lei and Tze-Ping Ma. The effect of plantation population
densityon wood properties and quality of wood-based composition board
from leucaena in Taiwan ……………………………………………………………………. 68
Young, Chiu-Chung and Chen-Ching Chao. The selection Qf rhizobium of
Leucaena leucocephala …………………………………………………………………….. 70
UNITED KINGDOM
Acamovic, Thomas and J. P. Felix D’Mello. Carcass composition of chicks
fed leucaena ……………………………………………………………………………………. 71
Acamovic, Thomas and J. P. Felix D’Mello. Effect of Fe (III), poly-ethylene
glycol and cholesterol supplementation on the growth rate of chicks fed
leucaena diets …………………………………………………………………………………. 72
Gonzalez Vargas, Diego and David Wyllie. Treated dried leucaena meal in diets
for growing pigs ……………………………………………………………………………… 74
Gonzalez Vargas, Diego and David Wyllie. Nutritive value of leucaena
for the growing pig ………………………………………………………………………….. 76
U. S.A .
Brewbaker, James L. Leucaenas for the highland tropics …………………………………. 77
Evans, John J. and Lehel Telek. Determination of mimosine in leucaena by
amino acid analysis …………………………………………………………………………. 78
Evensen, Carl I. Chemical and non-chemical control of leucaena:
preliminary studies ………………………………………………………………………….. 79
Glovak, L. and W. Greatbatch. Successful tissue culture of leucaena ………………….. 81
Hegde, Narayan. Use of gibberellin for accelerating growth of leucaena
seedlings ………………………………………………………………………………………. 83
Olvera, Eduardo, S. H. West and W. G. Blue. Establishment of Leucaena
leucocephala in acid soils …………………………………………………………………. 84
Olvera, Eduardo, S. H. West, and W. G. Blue. Aspects of germination
of leucaena …………………………………………………………………………………… 86
Olvera, Eduardo, S. H. West, and W. G. Blue. Green house studies on
establishment of leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit in acid soils ………….. 88
South, William T. Persistence of a labeled rhizobium in green-house-grown
Leucaena leucocephala …………………………………………………………………… 91
Telek, Lehel. Preparation of leaf protein concentrates from Leucaena
leucocephala ………………………………………………………………………………… 93
Van Den Beldt, R. J. Litterfall as a function of population in a 1-year old
leucaena (K8) planting …………………………………………………………………… 95
Van Den Beldt, R. J., J. L. Brewbaker, Ta-Wei Hu and Boonchoob Boontawee.
International leucaena population trails ………………………………………………. 96
Whiting, M. G. Food uses of leucaena seeds 1. Tempeh lamtoro,
preparation and toxicity ………………………………………………………………….. 100
WESTERN SAMOA
Cable, W. J., J. A. Breen, A. B. Cahusac, D. B. Williams, T. Taogaga, A. Tacadao,
and A. Peters. Preliminary results of intercropping leucaena with taro
(Colocasia esculenta) in Western Samoa ……………………………………………. 102
Section 2. SUBJECT INDEX ………………………………………………………………………… 104
Section 3. LEUCAENA SEED DEALERS ………………………………………………………. 105
Section 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY …………………………………………………………………………. 107