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Agricultural Fibers
Pina, Gravata pineapple Ananas comosus, A. sagenaria Ramie China grass Bohemia nivea and other sp., Urtica nivea, U. tenacissima Rice paper Tetrapanax papyriferus Rice straw Oryza sativa Sunn hemp Crotalaria juncea Switchgrass Panicum virgatum Tapa cloth Broussonetia papyrifera Wheat straw (and other grain straws) also barley straw, oat straw, etc. Triticum aestivum Widuri Calotropis gigantea ...
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Crotalaria juncea
Fiber is used in twine, rug yarn, cigarette and tissue papers, fish-nets, sacking, canvas and cordage. Sunn fiber is stronger when wet, and is fairly resistant to mildew, moisture and microorganisms in salt water. It ... J. Agr. Sci. 49(5):371-373. Rotar, P.P. and Joy, R.J. 1983. 'Tropic Sun' sunn hemp Crotalaria juncea L. Univ. Hawaii Res. Ext. Ser. 0271-9916. White and Haun, 1965 Zafar et al, ...
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Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education - Publications - Simply Sustainable -
John McHugh of Crop Care Hawaii tested the trap crop method with Hawaii vine ripe tomatoes (SW97-001). He planted Sunn Hemp and yellow mustard cover crops to test their effects on reniform and root knot nematodes. The cover crops were at least as effective as soil fumigants and offered the added benefits of stemming wind and water erosion ...
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CropEXPERT: Fiber Crops
NL-3000 AD Rotterdam The Netherlands phone: 3110-45-44253 fax: 3110 41-45746 specialty: hemp Alejandro Ching Alternative Crop Research and Development Center Northwest Missouri State University 106 Valk Bldg 800 ... Davis CA 95616 phone: (916) 752-7009 fax: (916) 752-5974 specialty: kenaf Crotalaria juncea (Sunn hemp) F.D. Wilson Western Cotton Research Lab 4135 E Broadway Phoenix AZ 85040 phone: ...
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Leopold Letter: Project explores alternative cropping systems for the bioeconomy
The alternative systems were fall-seeded triticale (a cross between wheat and rye, planted after soybeans are harvested) followed by one of three summer-adapted crops: corn, sorghum-sudangrass or sunn hemp (a tropical legume that can fix large quantities of atmospheric nitrogen). In all plots, triticale was harvested for biomass ...
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Get to Know the No-Tillers | Rodale Institute
He has also begun experimenting with pigeon pea and sunn hemp as summer cover crops, and is looking forward to trying out the crimper/roller system for mechanical knockdown. CONTACT: 2177 Conway Vickers Road Ambrose, GA phone: 912-384-1217 top VIRGINIA researcher Ronald Morse is associate ...
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Getting Started with Cover Crops | Rodale Institute
Sorghum-Sudan grass hybrids, being warm season annuals, produce the most biomass when they are utilized as a summer cover crop. Sorghum-Sudan has also been used in mixes with sesbania, sunn hemp, cow pea, and buckwheat. Hairy vetch, a winter annual legume, produces a natural heavy mat of biomass with a nitrogen content of ...
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