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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (23): 283-286.

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Contents and Quality Evaluation of Nutrition Elements in 11 Germplasms of Indigofera Linnaeus Tropical Green Manure

  

  • Received:2009-07-28 Revised:2009-08-24 Online:2009-12-05 Published:2009-12-05

Abstract: The paper evaluated the content of nutrition elements N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, B, Mn, Cu, Zn, Mo,and heavy metals Cd, Pb, Cr in 11 germplasms of Indigofera Linnaeus green manure. The result showed that Indigofera was the organic green manure contained large amount of N, P, K, and had the rich content of micro elements, while the content of heavy metals was low. Among the 11 kinds of Indigofera, quality of I. tinctoria Linn., I. galegoides de Candolle.,I. suffruticosa Miller.,I. zollingeriana Miq. were belonged to the second-order organic fertilizers; I. spicata Forssk. were between the second-order organic fertilizers and the third-order organic fertilizers , I. hirsuta Linn. were belonged the fourth-order fertilizers.