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Forage Crops :: Leucaena - Soundal ( Leucaena leucocephala & L. diversifolia)

Soundal

SEASON AND VARIETIES

Season Varieties

Throughout the year CO 1 & Pudhiya Soundal

Yield Potential and Quality Characters

PARTICULARS CO 1 Pudia Soundal

Parentage Leucaena leucocephala
Leucaena diversifolia
K – 186 Introduced from Australia

Duration (Days) Perennial tree Perennial tree

Green fodder yield (t/ha) 35 35

Quality characters

Dry matter content (%) 15.5 16.86

Crude protein content (%) 20.7 21.56

Crude fat (%) 9.51 9.85

IVDMD (%) 46.01 46.25

Mimosine content (%) 3.07 3.00

Tannin content (%) 3.04 1.95

Carotene content (mg/100g) 11.39 11.54

Resistance to pests - Resistant to Psyllids

Crop Production:

1. Preparatory cultivation	:	Plough 2 to 3 times to obtain a good tilth and form beds and channels convenient size.
2. Seed rate	:	10 kg/ha
3. Spacing	:	100 x 30 cm
4. Manures and fertilizers	:	Basal

		FYM - 25 tonnes/ha
		NPK - 10: 60: 30 kg/ha
5. Weed Management	:	Hand weeding whenever necessary.
6. Water management	:	Mostly grown under rainfed condition
7. Harvest	:	First harvest 6 months after sowing. Subsequent harvests 60 days depending upon the growth
11. Green fodder yield	:	Irrigated: 80-100 t/ha/year Rainfed: 40 t/ha/year
Seed Treatment: To get better germination seeds must be treated in hot water at 800C for 5 minutes (boiling water removed from the flame and kept for 4 minutes to attain 800C). After hot water treatment seeds should be washed with cold water and soaked in cold water over a night. Seeds should be shade dried before sowing

Crop Protection:

Subabul Psyllid : Heteropsylla cubana
Symptoms of Damage

Wilting, defoliation, branch dieback or death of trees.

Identification of Insect Pests

Nymphs: similar to adults, smaller and wingless.
Adults: Small Cicada like, winged, light green to yellow.

Management

Conserve the natural predators and parasitoids.

Updated on Apr 2023