Contents[edit | edit source]
- Chapter 1: What is leucaena?
- Chapter 2: Where does leucaena grow?
- Chapter 3: Varieties and seeds
- Chapter 4: Nursery management
- Chapter 5: Field preparation and planting
- Chapter 6: Management and protection
- Chapter 7: Harvest
- Chapter 8: Utilization
- Chapter 9: Alternate uses
- Additional reading
Acknowledgments[edit | edit source]
LEUCAENA WOOD PRODUCTION AND USE is a practical manual prepared for NFTA by a panel of authors during the IDRC-sponsored conference on leucaena (Singapore, Nov., 1982). A sister publication, LEUCAENA FORAGE PRODUCTION AND USE will soon be released. NFTA encourages enquiries on overrun copies by interested development institutions.
Editors:
- Dr. Rick J. Van Den Beldt, Executive Secretary, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association.
- Dr. James L. Brewbaker, President, Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association.
Authors:
- James L. Brewbaker
- Frank H. Denton
- Ta-Wei Hu
- E. Mark Hutton
- Raymond J. Jones
- Kenneth G. MacDicken
- Rick J. Van Den Beldt
Artist: Neil Baldoza
Published by: Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, PO Box 680, Waimanalo, Hawaii, 96795 USA.
With support from:
- International Development Research Centre, PO Box 8500, Ottawa, Canada
- Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, 196 Phahonyothin Road, Bangkhen, Bangkok, Thailand