Abstract
Forage yields ofL. leucocephala (Lam). de Wit have been reduced as the result of psyllid damage sinceHeteropsylla cubana Crawford invaded the Hawaiian Islands in 1984. The forage productivity and psyllid resistance of 31Leucaena species and interspecific hybrids were assessed from 5 harvests in Hawaii during 1991 and 1992. The trial consisted of an augmented randomized complete block with 22Leucaena selections in all 4 replicates, 2 selections in 3 replicates and 7 selections in 1 or 2 replicates.
Forage (leaves and stems < 6 mm diam.) dry matter (DM) biomass yield over a 13-month period ranged from 1.4 to 34 Mg ha−1 from total DM ranging from 1.9 to 63.7 Mg ha−1. Percent forage fractions ranged from 49 to 78% (forage DM/total DM). The 10 selections in this trial of eitherL. pallida Britton & Rose, and its hybrids withL. leucocephala consistently produced both the highest forage and total DM yields averaging 22 and 40 Mg ha−1, respectively. This represented a three-fold increase in forage production when compared toL. leucocephala K636 (a standard around the world).
The excellent performance of theL. pallida lines was attributed to high psyllid resistance and seedling vigor. AllL. pallida selections with the exception of K953 exhibited good psyllid resistance.Leucaena diversifolia Benth. K749,L. pallida K376, andL. esculenta (Moc. & Sesse) Benth. K950 had the highest psyllid resistance (p<0.05). Psyllid damage was negatively correlated to forage DM yield at both harvest 2 and 5 (r=−0.55,p<0.01,n=94). Forage DM was positively correlated to seedling vigor for the first harvest (r=0.83,p<0.001,n=74) and combined harvests (r=0.88,p<0.001,n=74).
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Austin, M.T., Sorensson, C.T., Brewbaker, J.L. et al. Forage dry matter yields and psyllid resistance of thirty-one leucaena selections in Hawaii. Agroforest Syst 31, 211–222 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00712074
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