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cluster bean

n.
See guar.
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Noun1.cluster bean - drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing materialcluster bean - drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material
Cyamopsis psoraloides, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, guar
legume, leguminous plant - an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
Cyamopsis, genus Cyamopsis - small genus of annual usually hairy herbs of tropical Africa and Arabia
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and Sharma, R., Genetic divergence, path analysis and molecular diversity analysis in cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.
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Cluster bean (Cymopsis tetragonoloba (L.)Taub.) is an important self pollinated, multipurpose, drought resistant leguminous crop,cultivated in arid and semi-arid areas of about 23.30 mollion hectare in India producing 1.22 million tone of cluster bean with productivity of 584 kg [ha.sup.-1](Anon.,2014).
Effect of time of sowing, row spacing and variety on summer cluster bean (Cymopsis Tetragonoloba (L.)Taub.) under middle Gujarat conditions
al; (2006) reported a substantial increase in net photosynthesis and chlorophyll contents by the application of thiourea in cluster bean, under drought stress.
FOLIAR APPLIED THIOUREA AT DIFFERENT GROWTH STAGES MODULATED LATE SOWN WHEAT
Other researchers found that organic fertilizer increased growth, yield pods in cluster bean followed by chemical fertilizer as compared with the control [21].
The impact of organic and inorganic fertilizer on yield and yield components of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
2000; Carter and Hauler 2000) cottonseed meal (El-Sayed 1999; El-Saidy and Gaber 2004) cluster bean meal (El-Saidy et al.
Study on Complete Replacement of Fish Meal by Plant Sources Meal as a Dietary Protein for Labeo rohita and Ctenophyryngodon idella
Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonolobus) also locally known as guara or guar is important leguminous crop of autumn season.
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Key words: Forage quality, maize, cowpea, cluster bean, sesbania, seed ratio
FORAGE QUALITY OF MAIZE AND LEGUMES AS MONOCULTURES AND MIXTURES AT DIFFERENT SEED RATIOS
Effect of dates of sowing and row spacing on yield and quality of cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub).
RESPONSE OF NEW GUAR STRAINS TO VARIOUS ROW SPACINGS
US companies drilling for oil and gas in shale formations have developed a voracious appetite for the powder-like gum made from the seeds of guar, or cluster bean, and the boom in their business has created a bonanza for thousands of small-scale farmers in India who produce 80 per cent of the world's beans.
Shale energy seen triggering Guar bean rush in India
Guar gum, an extract from the Indian cluster bean, is rich in soluble fiber.
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