Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Prospects For The Future Use Of Legumes

  • Chapter
Nitrogen-fixing Leguminous Symbioses

Part of the book series: Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress ((NITR,volume 7))

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 169.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 219.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  • Abelson, P. H. (1994). Continuing evolution of U.S. agronomy. Science, 264, 1383.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Adlercreutz, H. (1998). Epidemiology of phytoestrogens. Baillieres Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 12, 605–623.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Adlercreutz, H., Markkanen, H., and Watanabe, S. (1993). Plasma concentrations of phyto-oestrogens in Japanese men. Lancet, 342, 1209-1210.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Aerts, R. J., McNabb, W. C., Molan, A., Brand, A., Barry, T. N., and Peters, J. S. (1999). Condensed tannins from Lotus corniculatus and Lotus pedunculatusexert different effects on the in vitro rumen degradation of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) protein. J. Sci. Food Agric., 79, 79-85.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Akerele, O. (1988). Medicinal plants and primary health care: An agenda for action. Fitoterapia, 59, 355-363.

    Google Scholar 

  • Albertazzi, P. (2003). Clinical use of soy products. In G. Samsioe and S. Skouby (Eds.) Midlife health – Current concepts and challenges for the future (pp. 189-193). Elsevier International Congress Series, 1229. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

    Google Scholar 

  • Allan, G. L. (2000). Potential for pulses in aquaculture systems. In R. Knight (Ed.), Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century (pp. 507-516). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Allaway, D., Schofield, N. A., Leonard, M. E., Gilardoni, L., Finan, T. M., and Poole, P. S. (2001). Use of differential fluorescence induction and optical trapping to isolate environmentally induced genes. Environ. Microbiol., 3, 397-406.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Andrew, C. S. (1978). Mineral characterisation of tropical forage legumes. In C. S. Andrew and E. J. Kamprath (Eds.), Mineral nutrition of legumes in tropical and subtropical soils (pp. 93-111). Melbourne, Australia: CSIRO Publishing.

    Google Scholar 

  • Athanasiadou, S., Kyriazakis, I., Jackson, F., and Coop, R. L. (2000). Direct effects of condensed tannins towards different gastrointestinal nematodes of sheep: in vitro and in vivo studies. Vet. Parasitol., 99, 205-219.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ballard, R. A., Shepherd, B. R., and Charman, N. (2003). Nodulation and growth of pasture legumes with naturalized soil rhizobia, 3. Lucerne (Medicago sativa L.). Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 43, 135-140.

    Google Scholar 

  • Balandrin, M. F., Klocke, J. A., Wurtele, E. S., and Bollinger, W. H. (1985). Natural plant chemicals: Sources of industrial and medicinal materials. Science, 228, 1154-1160.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Beck, V., Unterrieder, E., Krenn, L., Kubelka, W., and Jungbauer, A. (2003). Comparison of hormonal activity (estrogen, androgen and progestin) of standardized plant extracts for large scale use in hormone replacement therapy. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol., 84, 259-268.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Besier, R. B., and Love, S. C. J. (2003). Antihelminthic resistance in sheep nematodes in Australia: The need for new approaches. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 43, 1383-1391.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bhardwaj, D. K., Murari, R., Seshadri, T. R., and Radikha, S. (1977). Isolation of 7-acetoxy-4-methyl-coumarin from Trigonella foenum-graecum. Indian J. Chem., 15, 94-95.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bosworth, A. H., Williams, M. K., Albrecht, K. A., Kwiatkowski, R., Beynon, J., et al. (2004). Alfalfa yield response to inoculation with recombinant strains of Rhizobium meliloti with an extra copy of dctABD and/or modified nifA expression. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 60, 3815–3832.

    Google Scholar 

  • Brockwell, J., and Bottomley, P. J. (1995). Recent advances in inoculant technology and prospects for the future. Soil Biol. Biochem., 27, 683-697.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Brockwell, J., Bottomley, P. J., and Thies, J. E. (1995). Manipulation of rhizobia microflora for improving legume productivity and soil fertility: A critical assessment. Plant Soil, 174, 143-180.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Bullard, G. K., Roughley, R. J., and Pulsford, D. J. (2005). The legume inoculant industry and inoculant quality control in Australia: 1953–2003. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 127-140.

    Google Scholar 

  • Burnet, M. W. M., Hart, Q., Holtum, J. A. M., and Powles, S. B. (1994). Resistance to nine herbicide classes in a population of rigid ryegrass (Lolium rigidum). Weed Sci., 42, 369-377.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Byerlee, D. E., and White, R. (2000). Agricultural systems intensification and diversification through food legumes: Technological and policy options. In R. Knight (Ed.), Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century (pp. 31-47). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Carroll, B. J., McNeil, D. L., and Gresshoff, P. M. (1985). Isolation and properties of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] mutants that nodulate in the presence of high nitrate concentrations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 82, 4162-4166.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Carrouee, B., Gent, G., and Summerfield, R. J. (2000). Production and uses of grain legumes in the European Union. In R. Knight (Ed.), Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century (pp. 79-98). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chatel, D. L., and Parker, C. A. (1973). Survival of field-grown rhizobia over the dry summer period in Western Australia. Soil Biol. Biochem., 5, 415-423.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chen, W. M., Moulin, L., Bontemps, C., Vandamme P., Béna, G., and Boivin-Masson, C. (2003). Legume symbiotic nitrogen fixation by β-Proteobacteria is widespread in nature. J. Bacteriol., 185, 7266-7272.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cheng, Y., Watkin, E. L. J., Howieson, J. G., and O’Hara, G. W. (2005). Root and root hair mechanisms that confer symbiotic competence for nodulation in acidic soils within Medicago species: A holistic model. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 231-240.

    Google Scholar 

  • Cocks, P. S. (2003). The adaptation of perennial legumes to Mediterranean conditions. In S. J. Bennett (Ed.), New perennial legumes for sustainable agriculture (pp. 35-56). Perth, W. Australia: University of Western Australia Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Conway, M. J., McCosker, K. J., Osten, V. A., Coaker, S., and Pengelly, B. C. (2001). Butterfly pea - a legume success story in cropping lands of central Queensland, Australia. Proceedings of 10th Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, Tasmania. Australian Society of Agronomy.

    Google Scholar 

  • Coop R. L., and Kyriazakis, I. (1999). Nutrition-parasite interaction. Vet. Parasitol., 84, 187-204.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Deaker, R., Roughley, R. J., and Kennedy, I. R. (2004). Legume seed inoculation technology - a review. Soil Biol. Biochem., 36, 1275-1288.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Denison, R. F. (2000). Legume sanctions and the evolution of symbiotic cooperation by rhizobia. Am. Nat., 156, 567-576.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dilworth, M. J., Howieson, J. G., Reeve, W. G., Tiwari, R. P., and Glenn, A. R. (2001). Acid tolerance in legume root nodule bacteria and selecting for it. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 41, 435-446.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dixon, R., and Sumner, L. W. (2003). Legume natural products: Understanding and manipulating complex pathways for human and animal health. Plant Physiol., 131, 878-885.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Drewes, S. E ., Horn, M. M., Munro, O. Q., Dhlamini, J. T. B., Meyer, J. M. M., and Rakuamboc, C. (2002). Pyrano-isoflavones with erectile-dysfunction activity from Eriosema kraussianum. Phytochemistry, 59, 739–747.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dry, J., and Vincent, D. (1991). Effect of a fish oil diet on asthma: Results of a 1-year double-blind study. Int. Arch. Allergy Appl. Immunol., 95, 156-157.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Duke, J. A. (1981). Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. New York, NY: Plenum Press (345 pp.)

    Google Scholar 

  • Enneking, D., and Wink, M. (2000). Towards the elimination of anti-nutritional factors in grain legumes. In R. Knight (Ed.), Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century (pp. 671-685). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ewing, M. A., and Dolling, P. (2003). Herbaceous perennial pasture legumes: Their role and development in Southern Australian farming systems to enhance system stability and profitability. In S. J. Bennett (Ed.), New perennial legumes for sustainable agriculture (pp. 3-14). Perth, W. Australia: University of Western Australia Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • File, S. E., Jarrett, N., Fluck, E., Duffy, R., Casey, K., and Wiseman, H. (2001). Eating Soya improves human memory. Psychopharmacology, 157, 430-436.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Freiberg, C., Fellay, R., Bairoch, A., Broughton, W. J., Rosenthal, A., and Perret, X. (1997). Molecular basis of symbiosis between Rhizobium and legumes. Nature, 387, 394-401.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Friedericks, J. B., Hagedorn, C., and Vanscoyoc, S. W. (1990). Isolation of Rhizobium leguminosarum (biovar trifolii) strains from Ethiopian soils and symbiotic effectiveness on African annual clover species. Appl. Env. Microbiol., 56, 1087-1092.

    Google Scholar 

  • Giller, K. E. (2001). Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping systems. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing (448 pp.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Gintzburger, G., and Le Houerou, H. N. (2003). Useful plants for Mediterranean climate agriculture and rangeland: Problems and solutions for Mediterranean Australia: a review. In S. J. Bennett (Ed.), New perennial legumes for sustainable agriculture (pp.15-34). Perth, W. Australia: University of Western Australia Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gladstones, J. S. (1998). Distribution, origin, taxonomy, history and importance. In J. S. Gladstones, C. A. Atkins and J. Hamblin (Eds.), Lupins as crop plants: Biology, production, and utilisation (pp. 1-37). Cambridge, UK: CABI Publishing.

    Google Scholar 

  • Gleason, C. E., Ohrt, T., Slattery, A., Meade, S., Carlsson, C. M., et al. (2004). Potential of soy isoflavones to treat age-associated cognitive declines. Neurobiol. Aging, 25, S210.

    Google Scholar 

  • Glencross, B. D. (2000). Essential fatty acid and lipid requirements of farmed aquatic animals – sourcing the good oils. Proc. Nutr. Soc. Aust., 24, 216-224.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Graham, P. H. (1992). Stress tolerance in Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium, and nodulation under adverse soil conditions. Can. J. Microbiol., 38, 475-484.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Graham, P. H., Draeger, K. J., Ferrey, M. L., Conroy, M. J., Hammer, B. E., Martinez-Romero, E., et al. (1994). Acid pH tolerance in strains of Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium, and initial studies on the basis for acid tolerance in Rhizobium tropici UMR1899. Can. J. Microbiol., 40, 198-207.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Graham, P. H., and Vance, C. P. (2000). Nitrogen fixation in perspective: An overview of research and extension needs. Field Crops Res., 65, 93-106.

    Google Scholar 

  • Graham, P. H., and Vance, C. P. (2003). Legumes: Importance and constraints to greater use. Plant Physiol., 131, 872-877.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Gross, C. A. (1996). Function and regulation of the heat shock proteins. In F. C. Neidhardt, R. Curtiss, J. L. Ingraham, E. C. C. Lin, K. B. Low, B. Magasanik, et al. (Eds.), Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium: cellular and molecular biology (pp. 1382-1399). Washington, D.C.: American Society for Microbiology.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hamblin, J. (1998). Preface to J. S. Gladstones, C. A. Atkins and J. Hamblin (Eds.), Lupins as crop plants: Biology, production, and utilisation (pp. xi -xiii). Cambridge, UK: CABI Publishing.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hancock, G. (2002). Underworld. New York, NY: Crown Publishers (784 pp.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Hapgood, C. H. (1958). Earth’s shifting crust: A key to some basic problems of earth science. New York, NY: Pantheon Books (446 pp.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Herridge, D., and Rose, I. (2000). Breeding for enhanced nitrogen fixation in crop legumes. Field Crops Res., 65, 229-248.

    Google Scholar 

  • Herridge, D. F., Howieson, J. G., Anderson, C. A., and Muir, L. L. (2005). Application of rhizobial inoculants to Australian agriculture. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 127-299.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hoareau, L., and DaSilva, E. J. (1999). Medicinal plants: A re-emerging health aid. Electronic J. Biotechnol. www.ejbiotechnology.info/content/vol2/issue2/full/2/index.

    Google Scholar 

  • Howieson, J. G. (1999). The host-rhizobia relationship. In S. J. Bennett and P. S. Cocks (Eds.), Genetic resources of Mediterranean pasture and forage legumes (pp 96-106). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Howieson, J. G. (2000). Root-nodule bacteria. In N. Maxted and S. J. Bennett (Eds.), Plant genetic resources of the Mediterranean basin (pp. 231-244). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Howieson, J. G., and Ballard, R. (2004). Optimising the legume symbiosis in stressful and competitive environments within southern Australia – some contemporary thoughts. Soil Biol. Biochem., 36, 1261-1273

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Howieson, J. G., O’Hara, G. W., and Carr, S. J. (2000a). Changing roles for legumes in Mediterranean agriculture: Developments from an Australian perspective. Field Crops Res., 65, 107-122.

    Google Scholar 

  • Howieson, J. G., Malden, J., Yates, R. J., and O’Hara, G. W. 2000b. Techniques for the selection and development of elite inoculant rhizobial strains in southern Australia. Symbiosis, 28, 33-48.

    Google Scholar 

  • Howieson, J. G., Yates, R. J., O’Hara, G. W., Ryder, M., and Real, D. (2005). The interactions of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii in nodulation of annual and perennial Trifolium spp from diverse centres of origin.Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 199-207.

    Google Scholar 

  • Hungria, M., and Vargas, M. A. T. (2000). Environmental factors affecting N2 fixation in grain legumes in the tropics, with an emphasis on Brazil. Field Crops Res., 65, 151-164.

    Google Scholar 

  • Jaftha, J. B, Strijdom, R. W., and Steyn, P. L. (2002). Characterization of pigmented methylotrophic bacteria which nodulate Lotononis bainesii. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 25, 440-449.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kahiya, C., Mukaratirwa, S., and Thamsborg, S. M. (2003). Effects of Acacia nilotica and Acacia karoo diets on Haemonchus contortus infection in goats. Vet. Parasitol., 115, 265-274.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kelley, T. G., Parthasarathy Rao, P., and Grisko-Kelley, H. (2000). The pulse economy in the mid-1990s: A review of global and regional developments. In R. Knight (Ed.), Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century (pp. 1-30). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Kinghorn, A. D., Farnsworth, N. R., Soejarto, D. D., Cordell, G. A., Swanson, S. M., et al. (2003). Novel strategies for the discovery of plant-derived anticancer agents. Pharmaceut. Biol., 41(Supplement), 53-67.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Knight, R. (2000). Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lefroy, E. C., and Stirzaker, R. J. (1999). Agroforestry for water management in the cropping zone of Southern Australia. Agroforestry Syst., 45, 277-302.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lesins, K. A., and Lesins, I. (1979). Genus Medicago (Leguminosae): A taxogenetic study. The Hague, The Netherlands: Dr W. Junk Publishers (228 pp.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Liu, M. J., Yue, P. Y. K., Wang, Z., and Wong, R. N. S. (2002). Methyl protodioscin induces G2/M arrest and apoptosis in K562 cells with the hyperpolarization of mitochondria. Cancer Lett., 224, 229-241.

    Google Scholar 

  • Loi, A., Howieson, J. G, Nutt, B. J., and Carr, S. J. (2005). A second generation of annual pasture legumes and their potential for inclusion in Mediterranean-type farming systems. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 289-299.

    Google Scholar 

  • Marley, C. L., Cook, R., Keatinge, R., Barrett, J., and Lampkin, N. H. (2003a). The effect of birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and chicory (Cichorium intybus) on parasite intensities and performance of lambs naturally infected with helminth parasites. Vet. Parasitol., 112, 147-155.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Marley, C. L., Cook, R., Barrett, J., Keatinge, R., Lampkin, N. H., and McBride, S. D. (2003b). The effect of dietary forage on the survival of helminth parasites in ovine faeces. Vet. Parasitol., 118, 93-107.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Max, R. A., Wakelin, D., Dawson, J. M., Kimambo, A. E., Kassuku, A. A., Mtenga, L. A., et al. (2005). Effect of quebracho tannin on faecal egg counts and worm burdens of temperate sheep with challenge nematode infections. J. Agric. Sci., 143, 519-527.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Maxted, N. (1999). Ecogeography and genetic conservation. In S. J. Bennett and P. S. Cocks (Eds.), Genetic resources of Mediterranean pasture and forage legumes (pp. 53-66). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • McInnes, A. (2002). Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus) associated with serradella in Western Australia. Ph.D. thesis. The University of Western Australia.

    Google Scholar 

  • Miles, J. W. (2001). Achievements and perspectives in the breeding of tropical grasses and legumes. Proc. XIX International Grasslands Congress, Brazil. São Paulo, Brazil: Brazilian Society of Agronomy.

    Google Scholar 

  • Min, B. R., Barry, T. N., Attwood, G. T., and McNabb, W. C. (2003). The effect of condensed tannins on the nutrition and health of ruminants fed fresh temperate forages: A review. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol., 106, 3-19.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Min, B. R., Pomroy, W. E., Hart, S. P., and Sahlu, T. (2004). The effect of short-term consumption of a forage containing condensed tannins on gastro-intestinal nematode parasite infections in grazing wether goats. Small Rum. Res., 51, 279-283.

    Google Scholar 

  • Molan, A. L., Alexander, R. A., Brookes, I. M., and McNabb, W. C. (2000a). Effects of an extract from sulla (Hedysarum coronarium) containing condensed tannins on the migration of three sheep gastrointestinal nematodes in vitro. Proc. N.Z. Soc. Anim. Prod., 60, 21-25.

    Google Scholar 

  • Molan, A. L., Hoskin, S. O., Barry, T. N., and McNabb, W. C. (2000b). Effects of condensed tannins extracted from four forages on the viability of the larvae of deer lungworms and gastrointestinal nematodes. Vet. Record, 147, 44-48.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Molan, A. L., Meagher, L. P., Spencer P. A., and Sivakumaran, S. (2003). Effects of flavan-3-ols on in vitro egg hatching, larval development and viability of infective larvae of Trichostrongylus colubriformis. Int. J. Parasitol., 33, 1691-1698.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Morris, J. B. (1999). Legume genetic resources with novel “value added” industrial and pharmaceutical use. In J. Janick (Ed.), Perspectives on new crops and new uses (pp. 196-201). Alexandria, VA: ASHS Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Morris, J. B. (2003). Bio-functional legumes with nutraceutical, pharmaceutical, and industrial uses. Econ. Bot., 57, 254–261.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Morris, J. B., and Greene, S. L. (2001). Defining a multiple-use germplasm collection for the genus Trifolium. Crop Sci., 41, 893-901.

    Google Scholar 

  • Moulin, L., Munive, A., Dreyfus, B., and Boivin-Masson, C. (2001). Nodulation of legumes by members of the beta-subclass of Proteobacteria. Nature, 411, 948-950.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nandasena, K. G., O’Hara, G. W., Tiwari, R. P., and Howieson, J. G. (2006). Rapid in situ evolution of nodulating strains for Biserrula pelecinus L. through lateral transfer of a symbiosis island from the original mesorhizobial inoculant. Appl. Env. Microbiol., 72, 7365-7367.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Naylor, R. L., Goldburg, R. J., Primavera, J. H., Kautsky, N., Beveridge, M. C. M., et al.. (2000). Effect of aquaculture on world fish supplies. Nature, 405, 1017-1024.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Nelson, P., and Hawthorne, W. A. (2000). Development of lupins as a crop in Australia. In R. Knight (Ed.), Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century (pp. 549-559). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Niezen, J. H., Robertson, H. A., Waghorn, G. C., and Charleston, W. A. G. (1998a). Production, faecal egg counts and worm burdens of ewe lambs which grazed six contrasting forages. Vet. Parasitol., 80, 15-27.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Niezen, J. H., Waghorn, G. C., and Charleston, W. A. G. (1998b). Establishment and fecundity of Ostertagia circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis in lambs fed lotus (Lotus pedunculatus) or perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne). Vet. Parasitol., 78, 13-21.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Niezen, J. H., Charleston, W. A. G., Robertson, H. A., Shelton, D., Waghorn, G. C., and Green, R. (2002a). The effect of feeding sulla (Hedysarum coronarium) or lucerne (Medicago sativa) on lamb parasite burdens and development of immunity to gastrointestinal parasites. Vet. Parasitol., 105, 229-245.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Niezen, J. H., Waghorn, G. C., Graham, T., Carter, J. L., and Leathwick, D. M. (2002b). The effect of diet fed to lambs on subsequent development of Trichostrongylus colubriformis larvae in vitro and on pasture. Vet. Parasitol., 105, 269-283.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Norris, D. O. (1958). A red strain of Rhizobium from Lotononis bainesii Baker. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 9, 629-632.

    Google Scholar 

  • O’Hara, G. W., Howieson, J. G., and Graham, P. H. (2002). Nitrogen fixation and agricultural practice. In G. J. Leigh (Ed.),Nitrogen fixation in the millennium (pp. 391-410). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

    Google Scholar 

  • Paolini, V., Bergeaud, J. P., Grisez, C., Prevot, F., Dorchies, P., and Hoste, H. (2003). Effects of condensed tannins on goats experimentally infected with Haemonchus contortus. Vet. Parasitol., 113, 253-261.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Parker, C. A., Trinick, M. J., and Chatel, D. L. (1977). Rhizobia as soil and rhizosphere inhabitants. In R. W. F. Hardy and A. H. Gibson (Eds.), A Treatise on dinitrogen fixation IV. Agronomy and ecology (pp. 311-352). New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons.

    Google Scholar 

  • Petterson, D. S. (2000). The use of lupins in feeding systems – a review. Asian Aust. J. Anim. Sci., 13, 861-882.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Porta-Puglia, A., Bretag, T. W., Brouwer, J. B., Haware, M. P., and Khalil, S. A. (2000). Direct and indirect influences of morphological variations on diseases, yield and quality. In R. Knight (Ed.), Linking research and marketing opportunities for pulses in the 21st century (pp. 199-220). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Potrykus, I. (2001). Golden rice and beyond. Plant Physiol., 125, 1157-1161.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Real, D., Labandera, C, and Howieson, J. G. (2005). Performance of temperate and subtropical forage legumes when over-seeding native pastures of the basaltic region of Uruguay. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 279-287.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ren, M. Q., Kuhn, G., Wegner, J., and Chen, J. (2001). Isoflavones, substances with multi biological and clinical properties. Eur. J. Nutr., 40, 135-146.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Robson, A. D. (1969). Soil factors affecting the distribution of annual Medicago species. J. Aust. Inst. Agric. Sci., 35, 154-167.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Robson, A. D. (1990). The role of self-regenerating pasture in rotation with cereals in Mediterranean areas. In A. E. Osman, M. M. Ibrahim and M. A. Jones (Eds.), The Role of legumes in the farming systems of the Mediterranean areas (pp. 217-236). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rogers, M. E., Craig, A. D., Munns, R. E., Colmer, T. D., Nichols, P. G. H., et al.(2005). The potential for developing fodder plants for the salt-affected areas of southern and eastern Australia: An overview. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 301-329.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rolston, M. P. (2003). Seed production issues that limit supplies or result in high market prices of dryland legume species. Grassland Res. Prac. Ser., 11, 161-167.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rumbaugh, M. (1990). Special purpose forage legumes. In J. Janick and J. E. Simon (Eds.), Advances in new crops (pp. 183-190). Portland, OR: Timber Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • RIRDC (2000). New pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and industrial products. The Potential for australian agriculture. Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation publication No. 00/173 (145 pp.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Sabanci, C. O. (1999). Plant genetic resources program in Turkey with special reference to forage legumes. In S. J. Bennett and P. S. Cocks (Eds.), Genetic resources of Mediterranean forage legumes (pp.150-162). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Scales, G. H., Knight, T. L., and Saville, D. J. (1995). Effect of herbage species and feeding level on internal parasites and production performance of grazing lambs. N.Z. J. Agric. Res., 38, 237-247.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sessitsch, A., Howieson, J. G., Perret, X., Antoun, H., and Martìnez-Romero, E. (2002). Advances in Rhizobium research. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci., 21, 323-78.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shaik, S. A., Terrill, T. H., Miller, J. E., Kouakou, B., Kannan, G., Kaplan, R. M., et al. (2006). Sericea lespedeza hay as a natural deworming agent against gastrointestinal nematode infection in goats. Vet. Parasitol., 139, 150-157.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shelton, H. M., Franzel, S., and Peters, M. (2005). Adoption of tropical legume technology around the world: Analysis of success. In D. A. McGilloway (Ed.), Grassland: A Global resource (pp. 149-166). Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers.

    Google Scholar 

  • Sprent, J. (2001). Nodulation in legumes. Kew, UK: Kew Publishing (156 pp.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Stephens, F. O. (1997). Phytoestrogens and prostate cancer: Possible preventive role. Med. J. Aust., 167, 138-140.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Stepkowski, T., Moulin, L., Krzyzanska, A., McInnes, A., Law, I. J., and Howieson, J. G. (2005). European origin of Bradyrhizobium populations infecting lupins and serradella in soils of Western Australia and South Africa. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 71, 7041-7052.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sullivan, J. T., and Ronson, C. W. (1998). Evolution of rhizobia by acquisition of a 500-kb symbiosis island that integrates into a phe-tRNA gene. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA, 95, 5145-5149.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sy, A, Giraud, E., Jourand, P., Garcia, N., Willems, A., De Lajudie, P., et al. (2001). Methylotrophic Methylobacterium bacteria nodulate and fix nitrogen in symbiosis with legumes. J. Bacteriol., 183, 214-220.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Tacon, A. G. J. (1996). Global trends in aquaculture and aquafeed production. Globefish/FAO Research Program Report. Rome, Italy: FAO.

    Google Scholar 

  • Thein, M. M., and Hein, M. (1997). Rhizobial inoculants production and their on-farm use in Myanmar. In O. P. Rupela, C. Johansen and D. F. Herridge (Eds.), Extending nitrogen fixation research to farmers’ fields (pp. 227-236). Patancheru, AP, India: ICRISAT.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tyler, V. E., Brady, L. R., and Robbers, J. E. (1981). Pharmacognosy,8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lea and Febiger.

    Google Scholar 

  • Tzamaloukas, O., Athanasiadou, S., Kyriazakis, I., Jackson, F., and Coop, R. L. (2005). The consequences of short-term grazing of bioactive forages on established adult and incoming larvae populations of Teladorsagia circumcincta in lambs. Int. J. Parasitol., 35, 329-335.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Uauy, R., Gattas, V., and Yanez, E. (1995). Sweet lupins in human nutrition. World Rev. Nutr. Dietetics., 77, 75-88.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Unkovich, M. J., Pate, J. S., and Hamblin, J. (1994). The nitrogen economy of broadacre lupin in southwest Australia. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 45, 149-164.

    Google Scholar 

  • USDA (2005). Oil seeds: World markets and trade. http://www.fas.usda.gov/oilseeds/circular/2004/04-12/FULL.

    Google Scholar 

  • van Barneveld, R. J. (1999). Understanding the nutritional chemistry of lupin (Lupinus spp.) seed to improve livestock production efficiency. Nutr. Res. Rev., 12, 203-230.

    Google Scholar 

  • van Wyk, B. E. (1991). A synopsis of the genus Lotononis (Fabaceae: Crotalarieae). Contributions from the Bolus Herbarium N°. 14. Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa: Rustica Press (PTY).

    Google Scholar 

  • Vargas, A. A. T., and Graham, P. H. (1988). Phaseolus vulgariscultivar and Rhizobium strain variation in acid pH-tolerance and nodulation under acid conditions. Field Crops Res., 19,91-101.

    Google Scholar 

  • Vietmeyer, N. D. (1986). Lesser-known plants of potential use in agriculture and forestry. Science, 232, 1379-1384.

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  • Vincent J. M. (1970). A Manual for the practical study of the root-nodule bacteria. IBP handbook No. 15. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Scientific Publications (164 pp.).

    Google Scholar 

  • Waghorn, T. S., Molan, A. L., Deighton, M., Alexander, R. A., Leathwick, D. M., et al. (2006). In vivo antihelminthic activity of Dorycnium rectum and grape seed extract against Ostertagia (Teladorsagia) circumcincta and Trichostrongylus colubriformis in sheep. N. Z. Vet. J., 54, 21-27.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wang, S. F., Ghisalberti, E. L., and Ridsdill-Smith, J. (1999). Volatile components from Trifolium species plants. Phytochemistry, 55, 601-605.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wang, T. L., Domoney, C., Hedley, C. L., Casey, R., and Grusak, M. A. (2003). Can we improve the nutritional quality of legume seeds? Plant Physiol., 131, 886-891.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Watkin, E. L. J., O’Hara, G. W., Howieson, J. G., and Glenn, A. R. (2000). Identification of tolerance to soil acidity in inoculant strains of Rhizobium leguminosarumbvtrifolii. Soil Biol. Biochem., 32, 1393-1403.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yang, H., Boersma, J. G., You, M., Buirchell, B. J., and Sweetingham, M. W. (2004). Development and implementation of a sequence-specific PCR marker linked to a gene conferring resistance to anthracnose disease in narrow-leaf lupin (Lupinus angustifoliusL.). Mol. Breeding, 14, 145-151.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yates, R. J., di Mattia, E., O’Hara, G. W., Real, D., and Howieson, J. G. (2003). The role of Rhizobium leguminosarumbv. trifoliiin extending (or restricting) the adaptation of Trifoliumspp. in natural and managed ecosystems. In S. J. Bennett (Ed.), New perennial legumes for sustainable agriculture(pp. 116-130). Perth, W. Australia: University of Western Australia Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Yates, R. J., Howieson, J. G., Real, D., Reeve, W. G., Vivas-Marfisi, A., and O’Hara, G. W. (2005). Evidence of selection for effective nodulation in the Trifoliumspp. symbiosis with Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii. Aust. J. Exp. Agric., 45, 189-198.

    Google Scholar 

  • Yates, R. J., Howieson, J. G., Reeve, W. G., Nandasena, K. G., Law, I. J., et al. (2007).Lotononis angolensisforms nitrogen fixing, lupinoid nodules with phylogenetically unique, fast-growing, pink-pigmented bacteria, which do not nodulate L. bainesiior L. listii. Soil Biol. Biochem., 39, 1680-1688.

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zahran, H. H. (1999). Rhizobium-legume symbiosis and nitrogen fixation under severe conditions and in an arid climate. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev., 63, 968-989.

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zohary, M., and Heller, D. (1984). The GenusTrifolium. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Jerusalem, Israel: Ahva Coop Printing Press (600 pp).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Rhizobium Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150

    J. G. Howieson & R. J. Yates

  2. Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, South Perth, Western Australia 6151

    J. G. Howieson, R. J. Yates, K. J. Foster & R. B. Besier

  3. Co-operative Research Centre for Plant-Based Management of Dryland Salinity, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907

    D. Real

Authors
  1. J. G. Howieson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. J. Yates
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. K. J. Foster
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. D. Real
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. R. B. Besier
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Murdoch University, Perth, Australia

    Michael J. Dilworth

  2. University of Dundee, UK

    Euan K. James

  3. University of Dundee, UK

    Janet I. Sprent

  4. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

    William E. Newton

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2008 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Howieson, J.G., Yates, R.J., Foster, K.J., Real, D., Besier, R.B. (2008). Prospects For The Future Use Of Legumes. In: Dilworth, M.J., James, E.K., Sprent, J.I., Newton, W.E. (eds) Nitrogen-fixing Leguminous Symbioses. Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-3548-7_12

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation