Sesbania rostrata and grow faster than seeded plants. "S. rostrata" is used as an intercrop with grasses such as rice ("Oryza sativa") and maize ("Zea mays"), as well as with legumes such as rice bean ("Vigna umbellata") and jointvetch ("Aeschynomene afraspera"). If intercropped with rice, it should be planted 30 days after the rice to prevent competition between the crops. "S. rostrata" grows in altitudes up to 1500–1600 m, and is able to endure waterlogged soils and flooding over 1 m deep. It tolerates bimodal and summer rainfall patterns, heavy to medium clay soils, neutral pH, free and impeded soil drainage. The
Plant genome assembly products were used to clone remaining gaps, and YACs allowed the characterization of telomere sequences. The resulting sequenced regions were 115.4 Mb of the 125 Mb predicted size of the genome and a total of 25,498 of protein-coding genes. To sequence and assemble the genome of Oryza Sativa (japonica), the same strategy was used. For Oryza Sativa a total of 3,401 mapped clones in a minimum tiling path were selected from the physical map and assembled. One of the most important crops in the world, maize (Zea mays), is the last plant genome project primarily based on Sanger BAC-by-BAC strategy.