Forest, Farm, and Community Tree Network (FACT Net) Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development 38 Winrock Drive Morrilton AR 72110 Phone: 501-727-5435 Fax: 501-727-5417 Internet: forestry@winrock.org ******************************************** FACT NET CANNOT PROVIDE COPIES OF ARTICLES Price: US$7 per volume plus shipping/handling. ******************************************** Nitrogen Fixing Trees for Acid Soils Nitrogen Fixing Tree Research Reports Special Issue 1995 Table of Contents Acid Soil Constraints and their Amelioration Mechanisms of tree growth in acid soils Richard Fisher and Anthony S. R. Juo 1 Are nitrogen fixing trees a solution for acid soils? D. L. Kass 19 Acacia mangium response to nitrogen and phosphorus in the Philippines Jerry Manubag, Boy Laureto, Jeff Nicholls, and Phil Cannon 32 Mineralización de nitrógeno de material foliar de especies de Inga G. Meléndez, L. T. Szott, y A. Ricse 35 Performance of Erythrina fusca associated with annual crops following liming of an Acrudoxic Melanudand having 70 percent aluminum saturation D. L. Kass, A. Tineo, J. Faustino, N. Arriaza, E. Viquez, M. Rodriguez, and J. Jimenez 42 Plagas de algunos árboles fijadores de nitrógeno para suelos ácidos en América Central Luko Hilje 53 NFTs in Forestry and Agroforestry Systems on Acid Soils Growth and biomass production of nitrogen fixing trees on acid soils L. T. Szott 61 Utilización de árboles fijadores de nitrógeno en suelos ácidos venezolanos Eduardo E. Escalante 77 Evaluación de tres especies forestales en plantación pura y sistema taungya: Crecimiento de los árboles y producción de los cultivos José Miguel Leiva y Rolain Borel 85 Evaluación de tres especies forestales in plantación pura y sistema taungya: Crecimiento del sistema radical José Miguel Leiva y Rolain Borel 94 Evaluación de algunas leguminosas in el trópico de Cochabamba, Bolivia Teresa Rocha Crespo, Gregory Minnick, y Julio Vargas 103 La Bracatinga: Introducción, crecimiento, manejo y utilización en asociación con cafetal; Una combinación promisoria para los trópicos de México Miguel Angel Musálem 113 Inga: High diversity in the neotropics Anna Lawrence, T. D. Pennington, M. R. Hands, and R. A. Zúniga 130 Farmer knowledge and use of Inga species Anna Lawrence 142 Terminalia amazonia interplanted with nitrogen fixing trees on a degraded pasture in Uvita de Osa, Costa Rica S. A. Stanley and J. D. Nichols 152 Alnus acuminata ssp. arguta, a valuable resource for neotropical highlands Ricardo O. Russo 156 Stryphnodendron excelsum, a potential candidate for recovering abandoned pasture lands in the humid tropics Ricardo O. Russo 164 Experiencias ENDA-CARIBE con leguminosas en sistemas agroforestales en la República Dominicana Mamerto Valerio B. 174 Screening, Selection, and Breeding of NFTs for Acid Soils Nitrogen fixing trees and shrubs for acid soils - An overview M. H. Powell 185 Growth of nitrogen fixing trees on moderate to very acid soils of the humid lowlands of southern Cameroon Bahiru Duguma 195 Comparative growth of 15 exotic species and provenances in high-elevation acid soils of Rwanda A. I. Niang, E. Styger, A. Gahamanyi, and J. Ugeziwe 207 Evaluación y adaptación de leguminosas arbustivas en suelos ácidos infertiles de América tropical Pedro J. Argel y Brigitte Maass 215 Forage quality of shrub legumes evaluated in acid soils C. E. Lascano, B. Maass, and G. Keller-Grein 228 Growth and biomass production by introductions of Inga edulis in the Peruvian Amazon L. T. Szott, A. Ricse, and J. Alegre 237 Genetic improvement of Calliandra calothyrsus Joanne R. Chamberlain and Alan J. Pottinger 250 Very acid soil constraints for tree legumes like leucaena and selection and breeding to overcome them E. M. Hutton 258 Four Acacia species for acid soils C. Buford Briscoe 265 Comportamiento juvenil de varias fuentes de semillas de Acacia mangium en América Central Conrado Parraguirre L. y Rodolfo Salazar F. 272 Rhizobia and VAM for NFTs on Acid Soils Occurrence and rhizobial selection for legume trees adapted to acid soils S. M. de Faria 295 Mycorrhizal infection in Inga species from the Peruvian Amazon L. Reategui, L. T. Szott, and A. Ricse 301 Revegation of acidic residues from bauxite mining using nodulated and mycorrhizal legume trees Avilio A. Franco, Eduardo F. C. Campello, Luiz E. Dias, and Sergio M. de Faria 313 Summaries of Working Groups Constraints to plant growth on acid soils and methods for managing soil acidity 321 Selection of NFTs for acid soils 322 Growing NFTs in acid soils 324 Conference participants 326