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	Common vetch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Common vetch is sown both as a soil improvement crop and for hay.
		Seeding is in the fall in mild climates, in spring in cold areas.
		Common vetch produces a palatable bay, especially for cattle.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/Crops/Common_vetch.html (131 words)

	Common Vetch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Common Vetch Vicia sativa (also called Tare) is a nitrogen fixing leguminous plant.
		Horses thrive very well on Common Vetch, even better than on clover and rye grass; and the same applies to fattening cattle, who feed faster on vetch than on most grasses or other edible plants.
		Common Vetch has also been part of the human diet as attested by carbonised remains since the early Neolithic.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Vetch (328 words)

	Vetch - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Vetch is a nitrogen fixing leguminous plant, often grown as green manure.
		The tare (also known as common vetch) is a plant of a hardy growth, and when sown upon rich land will return a large supply of green fodder for the consumption of horses or for fattening cattle.
		Vetch has been part of the human diet as well, it is attested by carbonised remains since the early Neolithic.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /v/ve/vetch.html (321 words)

	COMMON VETCH, EM 8695
		Common vetch is a viny, succulent, annual legume attaining a height of 24 inches when planted alone.
		Common vetch is used as a cover crop, green manure, pasture, silage, and hay.
		Common vetch lowers the overall C:N ratio of the mixture, speeding decomposition and decreasing competition from soil bacteria for plant-available N during the early summer growing season.
	extension.oregonstate.edu /catalog/html/em/em8695 (1195 words)

	Cover Crop Database
		Common vetch is often grown in combination with field pea and cereals, in orchard understories and in field and row crop farming operations.
		Common vetch (left) and woolypod vetch (right) are often grown in mixtures in walnut and almond orchards.
		Common vetch is often infested by cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora) which serves as prey for various beneficial insects, and exudes honeydew that is used by various ants.
	www.sarep.ucdavis.edu /cgi-bin/ccrop.EXE/show_imgs_14 (333 words)

	AllRefer.com - vetch, Plant (Plants) - Encyclopedia
		Vetch seed is often inoculated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria when grown in soil of low fertility.
		Tare is a common name sometimes used as a synonym for any vetch, most frequently for the common vetch.
		Vetches are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/vetch.html (340 words)

	Vetch
		Stems of both common vetch and hairy vetch bear leaves with pinnate leaflets and terminate in tendrils that attach themselves to stems of other plants.
		Both common and hairy vetch have purple flowers but common vetch has only two flowers (and pods) in a cluster; whereas, hairy vetch has many flowers in a cluster.
		Hairy vetch is susceptible to the vetch bruchid or weevil, which destroys the interior of the seed and which may not emerge for several weeks after harvest, leaving only empty seed coats.
	forage.okstate.edu /text/vetch.htm (516 words)

	Chapter 3: Clover and Some Relatives
		The vetches are generally partly-viny to weak-stemmed with leaves that usually terminate in tendrils and stems that are 2 to 5 feet or more in length, depending on the species and the condition under which they are grown.
		Common and hairy vetches are an important source of excellent quality honey, and the production is usually sufficient for the storage of surplus quantities for the beekeeper.
		Common vetch produces a thick stipular nectar, which is more attractive to the bees than the floral nectar (Sculler 1956*).
	gears.tucson.ars.ag.gov /book/chap3/vetch.html (1692 words)

	Department of Agriculture, Western Australia : Vetch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Vetches (Vicia spp.) are winter growing annual legumes that are an excellent cropping option for the medium and heavy textured soils of the Western Australian cropping regions.
		Common vetch is considered the species with most potential as a grain crop in Western Australia.
		Common vetch is sold for use as birdseed (pigeons and specialty markets), seed for green manure, and in sheep and cattle rations.
	www.agric.wa.gov.au /pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/fcp/lp/olp/vetcintr.htm (254 words)

	ARS \| Publication request: Growth and Development of Hairy Vetch Cultivars in the Northeastern United States As ...
		Four cultivars of hairy vetch (the unnamed "common" hairy vetch that is sold commercially and three cultivars developed at Auburn University, AU Early Cover, Advanced Population 8, and Advanced Population 26) were planted at either optimum or delayed dates and were harvested at either vegetative or full flowering stage.
		Common hairy vetch biomass was equal to or better than the Auburn cultivars at all locations and years.
		The number of GDD to achieve 50% soil cover by hairy vetch vegetation in late fall was predicted by an exponential model to be 655 while the GDD to achieve a biomass of 400 g m-2 in spring was predicted by a linear model to be 926.
	www.ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=143536 (638 words)

	COMMON VETCH, EM 8695 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Common vetch is a viny, succulent, annual legume attaining a height of 24 inches when planted alone.
		Common vetch is used as a cover crop, green manure, pasture, silage, and hay.
		Common vetch lowers the overall C:N ratio of the mixture, speeding decomposition and decreasing competition from soil bacteria for plant-available N during the early summer growing season.
	eesc.orst.edu /agcomwebfile/edmat/html/EM/EM8695/EM8695.html (1244 words)

	Hairy vetch benefits crops, livestock
		The most common use of hairy vetch is as a green manure crop to be turned under a nitrogen source just prior to planting a summer row crop such as corn, cotton or grain sorghum, or an annual forage crop such as pearl millet or a sorghum-sudan hybrid.
		Even vetch that has been grazed prior to being turned under will provide nitrogen for a summer crop, although the amount will be reduced as compared to a stand that is not grazed.
		Vetch is particularly well suited to being used as a winter cover on fields in which summer row crops are to be planted by no-till methods.
	southeastfarmpress.com /mag/farming_hairy_vetch_benefits (1090 words)

	Common Vetch
		Common vetch is a weedy perennial species with one to several stems climbing via tendrils up through the foliage of other plants.
		Common vetch is found in disturbed soils, including road sides, fallow fields and waste areas.
		A close-up sideview of the corolla and calyx of common vetch as seen near Memaloose Overlook in the central Columbia River Gorge....................April 24, 2006.
	ghs.gresham.k12.or.us /science/ps/nature/gorge/5petal/pea/vicia/sativa.htm (348 words)

	Milk Vetch - Astragalus adsurgens
		In China it is grown as fodder, green manure and for soil conservation.
		Milk vetches are part of the bean family (Fabaceae).
		A less deadly variety of vetch can be found growing along our country's highways as soil erosion control.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /milk_vetch.htm (307 words)

	Crop Updates 1999 : Department of Agriculture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The development of vetches as a grain crop is largely based around common vetch.
		The markets for common vetch grain are larger and more developed than the small niche markets available for purple vetch seed.
		As part of the National Vetch Variety Evaluation Program based at the South Australian Research and Development Institute Adelaide, a number of introduced common vetch lines were compared with standard varieties at 5 sites in 1998 (Table 46).
	agspsrv34.agric.wa.gov.au /cropupdates/1999/pulses/Vetch.htm (823 words)

	PlantDetails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Common vetch is a trailing winter annual weed that forms large mats of vegetation.
		It is common to waste areas and roadsides.
		The leaves of common vetch are very narrow, alternately arranged and compound.
	www.turffiles.ncsu.edu /TurfID_Dev/csPagedPdField.aspx?PlantID=VICSA (73 words)

	Chemical composition, in situ degradability and amino acid composition of protein supplements fed to livestock and ...
		Within legume seeds, Cyprus vetch had the highest (35.7%) content in CP followed by common vetch (31.5%); the CP content of chickpeas, field beans, narbon vetch and peas were relatively close (24-27%).
		The percentage of amino-acids to total-CP was similar in narbon vetch (98.7%), peas (95.0%) and soybean meal (96.0%); the corresponding values for common vetch, chickpeas, cyprus vetch and field beans were 71, 87, 83 and 82%, respectively.
		Overall, the CP content of Cyprus vetch, chickpeas, field beans and common vetch was higher in the present study (Table 1) compared to those reported by Hadjipanayiotou et al (1985) (31.3, 20.2, 26.0 and 29.0% DM basis).
	www.cipav.org.co /lrrd/lrrd13/6/hadj136.htm (1650 words)

	Common Vetch
		The vetches are common weeds of roadsides, pastures, landscapes, ornamentals, and some of the winter annuals are weeds of winter small grains.
		Common vetch is found throughout Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and Alabama.
		The leaves that are divided into 8 to 16 leaflets, the distinct stipule that occurs at the base of the leaf petiole, and the climbing or trailing growth habit are all characteristics that help to distinguish common vetch from most other weed species.
	www.ppws.vt.edu /scott/weed_id/vicsa.htm (334 words)

	Pollen Nation: Common Vetch – The Daily Flower for 13 August
		Vetch may have symbolised shyness to the Victorians, but that hasn’t stopped the plant from horsing around as livestock fodder and dabbling in a bit of nitrogen fixing.
		Vicia sativa, as common vetch is less commonly known, certainly doesn’t look like an old fashioned flower, though.
		Fortunately, this rather garish fashion sense is moderated by the common vetch’s size; the bilaterally symmetrical flowers of this pea-family member are only between one and two centimetres long.
	blog.serenataflowers.com /2006/08/common_vetch_th.html (316 words)

	Hairy vetch seed from Outsidepride.
		Hairy vetch is a hardy, viny, annual or biennial legume, attaining a height of 24 inches when planted alone and higher when planted with a tall companion crop that provides structural support for climbing.
		Hairy vetch is used as a cover crop, green manure, pasture, silage, and hay.
		Hairy vetch is used as a self-seeding cover in orchards, usually as part of a mix.
	www.outsidepride.com /store/product.php?productid=16518&cat=313&page=1 (414 words)

	Progress Towards Reducing Seed Toxin Levels in Common Vetch (Vicia sativa L.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is well adapted to the low rainfall areas of southern Australia however, the seed contains high levels of a toxin, γ-glutamyl-β-cyanoalanine, which limits its use.
		Common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) is a grain legume crop that is well adapted to the low rainfall areas of southern Australia.
		These observations confirmed that cotyledon colour in common vetch is controlled by a single gene difference with incomplete dominance between alleles.
	www.regional.org.au /au/asa/2001/5/c/chowdury.htm (1582 words)

	Barenbrug - Forage Legumes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Vetch can be used for green manuring and for annual protein-rich forage production.
		Vetch can be grown on all soil types but requires a moderate pH-value on sandy soils.
		Spring type vetch is susceptible to frost (> -120 C) and therefore very suitable as green manuring crop.
	www.barenbrug.nl /export/range/forage_legumes/common_vetch.htm (201 words)

	ARS \| Publication request: Mimicry of Lentil and the Domestication of Common Vetch and Grass Pea
		Interpretive Summary: Common vetch and grasspea are closely related to lentil and often appear as weedy contaminants in a lentil crop.
		Technical Abstract: A hypothesis is proposed whereby weedy vetch (Vicia sativa L.) seed moved with seed of the cultivated lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) as a tolerated weed during the spread of the lentil from the Fertile Crescent in the Near East to its current distribution.
		As a result, selection occurred in vetch weeds for a reduction in dormancy/hard- seededness, increased competitive ability and biomass, and phenological adaptation to new environments-predisposing the weed for domestication.
	www.ars.usda.gov /research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=83443 (286 words)

	Vicia villosa
		At nil N fertilization Moreira (1989) obtained 5.81-6.56 t/ha in northern Portugal from autumn-sown vetch and 5.12-8.34 t/ha with applied N at rates up to 100 kg/ha; vetch/oat mixtures and oat monocultures generally outyielded vetch monocultures substantially when fertilizer N was applied but not at nil N application.
		In Alaska, pure-sown vetch yielded 4.04-4.75 t/ha on a neutral soil and N application increased yields but on an acid soil the yield was lower (3.46 t/ha) and was reduced by N fertilization (Panciero and Sparrow, 1995).
		The seed of hairy vetch, but not common vetch, is susceptible to damage by the vetch bruchid (Bruchus brachialis) and so natural reseeding in pastures is poor.
	www.fao.org /ag/AGP/AGPC/doc/Gbase/DATA/Pf000506.HTM (883 words)

	Department of Agriculture, Western Australia : Vetch pest and disease management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Common vetch is very well suited to croptopping to reduce ryegrass seed set.
		The common vetch crop will be ready to harvest a very short time after croptopping; in some cases 1-3 days.
		Common vetch is very susceptible to attack by red legged earth mite at emergence.
	www.agric.wa.gov.au /pls/portal30/docs/FOLDER/IKMP/fcp/lp/olp/pw/vetcpestintr.htm (1052 words)

	Article - Common Vetch by Arthur Lee Jacobson
		The vetch leaves of 6 to 12 (16) leaflets are curiously nicked at the tips, in a manner suggesting bluntness from a distance, but proving pointed close-up.
		I cannot think of another common weed so likely to have ants, though garden plants which usually or often support ants are: Douglas fir, apple trees, peonies, and wild pansy (heart's-ease).
		Crown Vetch is Coronilla varia; it is an ornamental.
	www.arthurleej.com /a-vetch.html (737 words)

	Vetch for deer food plots: Whitetail Stewards, Inc.
		Common vetch, hairy vetch and bigflower vetch are cool-season legumes that can be planted as either winter annuals or summer annuals.
		Of the three species, bigflower vetch is most preferred by deer; however, all of the vetches can be overgrazed easily if they are planted food plots less than 2 ½ to 3 acres in size.
		Common vetch is best adapted to grow in the mid-west and southern regions.
	www.whitetailstewards.com /articlesonsite/deerhabitatmanagement/vetch.htm (353 words)

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