cluster bean

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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
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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Soon lush green organic crops of sorghum, cluster bean will grow up and underground water and natural fauna will get a new lease of life.
and Sharma, R., Genetic divergence, path analysis and molecular diversity analysis in cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L.
al; (2006) reported a substantial increase in net photosynthesis and chlorophyll contents by the application of thiourea in cluster bean, under drought stress.
Other researchers found that organic fertilizer increased growth, yield pods in cluster bean followed by chemical fertilizer as compared with the control [21].
2000; Carter and Hauler 2000) cottonseed meal (El-Sayed 1999; El-Saidy and Gaber 2004) cluster bean meal (El-Saidy et al.
Cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonolobus) also locally known as guara or guar is important leguminous crop of autumn season.
Key words: Forage quality, maize, cowpea, cluster bean, sesbania, seed ratio
Effect of dates of sowing and row spacing on yield and quality of cluster bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub).
Guar gum, an extract from the Indian cluster bean, is rich in soluble fiber.
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