Desmodium intortum

Desmodium intortum
Majani na maua
Majani na maua
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Planta (mimea)
(bila tabaka): Angiospermae (Mimea inayotoa maua)
(bila tabaka): Eudicots (Mimea ambayo mche wao una majani mawili)
(bila tabaka): Rosids (Mimea kama mwaridi)
Oda: Fabales (Mimea kama mharagwe)
Familia: Fabaceae (Mimea iliyo na mnasaba na mharagwe)
Jenasi: Desmodium
Desv.
Spishi: D. intortum
(Mill.) Urb.

Desmodium intortum, pia inajulikana kama karanga mwitu majani-kijani (kwa Kiing. greenleaf desmodium), ni spishi ya mmea inayotoa maua iliyo kwenye familia (biolojia)familia ya Fabaceae yenye asili ya Mexico, Amerika ya Kati, kaskazini mwa Amerika ya Kusini, visiwa vya Galapagos, Haiti na Jamaika.

Mmea huu umesambazwa maeneo mengi ya kitropiki duniani yakiwemo Afrika, Uhindi, Australia, Nyugini na Taiwan. Ni mmea ambao unaweza kuchakata nitrojeni kutoka kwenye hewa na kuwa kwenye mfumo unaoweza kutumika na mimea kwenye udongo. Pia hutumia kama malisho ya mifugo[1].

Desmodium intortum inatumika kwenye teknolojia ya sukuma-vuta ambapo hupandwa katikati ya muhindi na mtama] ili kufukuza wadudu waharibifu kama vile funza wa mabua (stemborers) na viwavijeshi pamoja na Desmodium uncinatum. Spishi hizi mbili za Desmodium pia zinasaidia kupambana na magugu nyonyaji yaitwayo maguguchawi (Striga) hasa Striga hermonthica na Striga asiatica[2] [3].

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  1. ↑ "Desmodium intortum L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Iliwekwa mnamo 15 Desemba 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
  2. ↑ Pickett, John A; Woodcock, Christine M; Midega, Charles AO; Khan, Zeyaur R (2014). "Push–pull farming systems". Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 26: 125–132. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2013.12.006. Iliwekwa mnamo 22 Machi 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)
  3. ↑ Khan, Zeyaur R; Midega, Charles AO; Bruce, Toby J. A.; Hooper, Anthony M; Pickett, John A (2010). "Exploiting phytochemicals for developing a 'push–pull' crop protection strategy for cereal farmers in Africa". Journal of Experimental Botany. 61 (15): 4185–4196. doi:10.1093/jxb/erq229. Iliwekwa mnamo 22 Machi 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date auto-translated (link)