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Alfalfa, Ash, Boron, Amino Nitrogen, Calcium, Dry Matter, Nonprotein Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Reducing Sugar

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Alfalfa, Chlorinated insecticide, DDT

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alfalfa meal, dehydration, alfalfa meal, carotene, antioxidant

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alfalfa protein, dried alfalfa, dehydration

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Alfalfa Coumestrol

Bickoff, E. M.; Spencer, R. R.; Knuckles, B. E.; Lundin, R. E. 1966. 3'-Methoxycoumestrol From Alfalfa: Isolation And Characterization Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 14:444

Bickoff, E. M.; Spencer, R. R.; Witt, S. C.; Knuckles, B. E.; Stark, J. B. 1968. Purine Derivatives In Alfalfa As Growth Stimulants For Bacillus Subtilis. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 16:246

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Herbicide, Parachloroaniline, Alfalfa, Asparagus, Lima Bean, Beet, Broccoli, Carrot, Cottonseed Meal, Pineapple, Spinach, Tomato, Plant

Blinn, R. C. Pesticide Residues. A Total Phosphorus Technique For Determining Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues Using Schoniger Flask Combustion Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 12:337

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Charkey, L. W.; Pyke, W. E.; Kano, A.; Carlson, R. E. 1961. Alfalfa Meal Nutrients. The Carotene And Tocopherol Content Of Dehydrated And Sun-Cured Alfalfa Meal. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 9:70

Christenson, C. W.; Fowler, E. B. 1961. Depth Of Feeding As It Affects The Concentration Of Radioactivity Within The Plant. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 9:98

Alfalfa Radioactivity, Lettuce Radioactivity, Grass Radioactivity, Radioactive Fallout

Dahm, P. A.; Jacobson, N. L. 1956. Pesticides On Forage. Effects Of Feeding Systox-Treated Alfalfa Hay To Dairy Cows. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 4:150.

Dairy Cow, Forage, Systox

Denton, A. E.; Bielanski, E. R. 1958. Alfalfa Carotene, Effect Of Fat On Carotene Stability In Dehydrated Alfalfa Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 6:853

Fowler, E. M.; Christenson, C. W. 1959. Cesium-137 Uptake By Plants. Factors Affecting Uptake Of Radioactive Cesium By Lettuce, Grass. And Alfalfa. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 7:847

Gjullin, C. M.; Scudder, H. I.; Erwin, W. R. 1955. Pesticides In Foods, Determination Of Malathion And Its Influence On Flavor Of Milk From Cows Fed Malathion-Sprayed Alfalfa. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 3:508

Malathion, Milk Flavor, Alfalfa

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Guggolz, J.; Herring, V. V.; Kohler, G. O. 1967. Dehydrated Alfalfa Composition. Correlation Of Nonnutrient Components With Protein Content. Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 15:1052

Gugliemelli, L. A.; Mitchell, H. L. 1958. Feedstuffs Antioxidants, Stabilization Of Alfalfa Carotenoids With N,N'-Diaryl-A,W-Diaminoalkanes Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 6:126

Antioxidant, Feed

Haag, J. R. 1931. The Physiological Effect Of Rations Restricted Principally Or Solely To The Alfalfa Plant. Journal Of Nutrition 4:363

Halverson, A. W. 1962. Alfalfa Fractionation. Effects Of Various Procedures In Laboratory Processing Of Fresh Alfalfa On Separation Of Nitrogen And Solids From Fiber Journal Of Agricultural And Food Chemistry 10:419

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Soil Testing, Snap Bean, Vegetable, Blueberry, Cane Fruit, Soybean, Alfalfa , Clover, Grass, Hay, Corn Apple, Grape, Turf, Peach, Asparagus, Bean, Beet , Cucurbit, Crucifer, Pepper, Potato, Sweet Potato, Strawberry, Celery, Egg Plant, Onion, Pea, Sweet Corn, Leafy Vegetable, Lettuce, Spinach, Phosphorus, Potassium, Fertilizer

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Pesticide, Dieldrin, Heptachlor, Alfalfa, Feed, Dairy Cow

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Leaf Protein Concentrate, Nitrogen, Leaf Protein, Amino Acid, Alfalfa, AminoAcid, Pea Vine, Amino Acid, Fish Meal, Tankage, Soybean Meal, Cottonseed Meal, Corn, Gluten Meal, Linseed Meal, Alfalfa Meal, Leaf Protein, Fiber

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Boron, Alfalfa, Borosilicate Glass

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Alfalfa, Carotenoid, Animal Fat, Fat Antioxidant, Feed, Xanthophyll

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Alfalfa Carotene, Carotene Stability, Dried Alfalfa Meal, Alfalfa Storage, Fat, Oil

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Alfalfa, Trypsin Inhibitor, Trypsin Inhibitor

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This article dicusses the history of alfalfa. Abstract The oldest of all named forage crops„actually two species, Medicago sativa L. and Medicago falcata L.„alfalfa has properties that should make it an even more popular agricultural choice than it is. An excellent animal feed, it also improves the soil and can increase the yield of other crops. The author reviews the history of this important legume and looks into the future and new roles alfalfa may play in both agriculture and science.

Excerpts from body of paper: Alfalfa holds the distinction of being the oldest forage crop for which we have a name, yet the etymology of the word is uncertain. It may have arisen from modifications of the Persian aspo-asti (horse folder), the Arabic al-fasfasa or the Kashmiri ashwa-bal (bothmeaning horse power). Some have speculated the name most commonly used in Europe, "lucerne," may derive from the Persian word lajward for lapis lazuli, the ultramarine blue mienral lazurite, in reference to the blue flowers of Medicago sativa - one of the two species, with M. falcata, known as alfalfa. Early French writers referred to it as sain foin (healthy hay), although this is now the common name of a different legume species. today, alfalfa also is known as medic, named-according to the Greek geographer and historian Strabo, who called it mhdich - for the location of its origin the ancient empire of Media. That root clearly persists in the Latin medica, the Italian herba medica, the Spanish mielga, the Old English medick and the scientific genus, Medicago.

Figure 2. Alfalfa is actually a collective description for two species, Medicago sativa and M. falcata.

Fig. 3. Over the millennia, when people moved, they carried alfalfa with them.

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Alfalfa Lucernol, Alfalfa Sativol, Alfalfa Coumestan

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