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Forage Peanut is a prostate, nitrogen-fixing, perennial plant, used mostly as a cover crop for erosion, weed, and fire control. It is favored for these purposes in tree plantations, as it will tolerate some shade. It also makes for good cattle and poultry grazing if a 30-day rest period is allowed between each 5 days of grazing.



  1. Forage Peanut is a prostate, nitrogen-fixing, perennial plant, used mostly as a cover crop for erosion, weed, and fire control. It is favored for these purposes in tree plantations, as it will tolerate some shade. It also makes for good cattle and poultry grazing if a 30-day rest period is...
  2. 2017-03-30 Making Silage in Vichada Tech Note Spotlight: Biosand Water Filter Echoes from our Network: Member Highlight Adria and Job From ECHO's Technical Respose Team: Appropriate forage crops for clay soils From ECHO's Seed Bank: Forage peanut
  3. 2018-11-20 Grain sorghum(Sorghum bicolor)and pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum)are both globally important warm-season,annual cereal grain crops.Small-scale farmers who grow these grains can belimited by access to fertilizers and human labor. Agricultural low input systems use few commercial inputs,...
  4. Access Agriculture Training Video Saving water, minimum land use, less labour, faster growth, giving a high yield of highly nourishing fodder that will improve your livestock. These are the key benefits in hydroponic fodder production. Available Languages Arabic Bangla Chichewa / Nyanja Chitonga...
  5. This spreading groundcover is particularly effective on sites that have problems with erosion, since the rhizomes grow to form a mat that helps hold soil in place. Perennial peanut is evergreen in frost-free areas of the state. In colder parts of the state, it will drop its leaves, exposing its...
  6. 2009/01/01 Abstract - To help Hawaii growers make management decisions about the use of a living mulch, this publication describes experiments conducted to study the effects of perennial peanut planting method and density on (1) groundcover canopy development, (2) selected indicators of soil...
  7. S. Santos, E.R., B. Dubeux, J.C., Sollenberger, L.E.et al.Composition and decomposition of rhizoma peanut (Arachis glabrataBenth.) belowground biomass.Sci Rep12,9967 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14001-7 Roots and rhizomes can play an important role in nutrient cycling, however, few...
  8. Arachis glabrata is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft) by 0.3 m (1ftin) at a fast rate. See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 10. The flowers are pollinated by Insects. It can fix Nitrogen. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained...
  9. Aryal, Parmeshwor & Sollenberger, Lynn & Moura Kohmann, Marta & Severino da Silva, Liliane & Shepard, Erin & Cooley, Katie & Rowland, Diane & Dubeux Jr, José. (2020). Rhizoma Peanut Genotype and Planting Date Affect Biomass Allocation Patterns and Establishment...

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