Introduction; The role of Legumes in agriculture; Evaluation of natural resources for pasture production; Land clearing; Pasture establishment; Mineral nutrition of tropical pasture legumes; Nitrogen nutrition of tropical pastures; Rhizobium relationship of Legumes; Management of Tropical Pasture legumes; Weed control in tropical pastures; Irrigation of tropical pasture legumes; Production of Forage legume seed; Selection and breeding of tropical pasture legumes ; Chemical composition and nutritive value of tropical legumes; The pasture legume; Leguminous browse; The browse species; Bibliogaphy; Appendices