Rio Verde Lablab ::: Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Overton

	Forage Legume Breeding Project Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center P.O. Box 200 Overton, Texas 75684	Dr. Gerald R. Smith, Legume Breeder Dr. F. Monte Rouquette, Forage Physiologist email: GRSmith@ag.tamu.edu FRouquet@ag.tamu.edu phone: 903-834-6191
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'Rio Verde' Lablab
	Adaptation	'Rio Verde' research plots at Overton
	'Rio Verde' is adapted to sandy, sandy loam, clay loam and clay upland soils of the US southern region, including the following regions of Texas: Pineywoods; Gulf Prairies and Marshes; Post Oak Savannah; Blackland Prairies; Cross Timbers and Prairies and South Texas Plains (according to Gould Ecoregions). In the lower rainfall areas of the Cross Timbers and the South Texas Plains, irrigation may be required for establishment. Lablab does well on a wide variety of well-drained soils but does not tolerate water logging. In northeast Texas the primary growing season for Rio Verde lablab is June through October. This cultivar will establish, survive and be productive with 10 inches of rain during this five month growing season.
	Download Gould Ecoregions Map of Texas (PDF file, 500KB, requires Adobe Reader) Source: Gould, F.W., Hoffman, G.O., and Rechenthin, C.A. 1960. Vegetational areas of Texas, Texas A&M University. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Leaflet No. 492 (here modified by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department).


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