STUDY ON YIELDS AND PERSISTENCES OF FORAGE LEGUMES WHEN GROWN ON PADDY WALLS IN NORTHEAST THAILAND

Abstract

The experiment was carried out on unflooded paddy walls of two farmer fields at Ban Non Muang and Ban Kud Nangtui, Khon Kaen province. The design was Randomized Complete Block Design, and the treatments were six legume species (Verano, Schofield, Endeavour, Cook, Seca and Alyce clover).

Seedlings of all legumes grown in the plastic bage .circa 1 month old were transplanted on unflooded paddy walls and measurements of legume yields were made by cutting at ground level.      The experimental results demonstrated that Verano stylo (Stylosanthes hamata cv. Verano) yielded the highest as compared to other legumes (P<0.05), and only this legume was well adapted and caused no problems of persistence under the environment of paddy walls at Khon kaen.