Sources of variation for sustainable field pea breeding

Breeding for abiotic stresses for sustainable agriculture.

Using cereal crops as examples, we review the breeding for tolerance to the abiotic stresses of low nitrogen, drought, salinity and aluminium toxicity. All are already important abiotic stress factors that cause large and widespread yield reductions. Drought will increase in importance with climate change, the area of irrigated land that is salinized continues to increase, and the cost of inorg...

In pursuit of the sustainable pea

Participatory breeding, an approach for sustainable production of new rice cultivars in Iran

 Over the past 50 years, thousands of rice varieties have been introduced by plant breeders to agricultural communities all over the world. Despite the improvement of attributes such as grain yield and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, a significant portion of farmers still prefer local varieties over the improved cultivars. The main reasons for this perference are the absence of a dire...

Integrated Pest Management Farmer Field School for Sustainable Agriculture

The study was conducted among the two farmer groups in Bhaktapur and Kavre districts of Nepal. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of IPM FFS on creating awareness and disseminating the knowledge on sustainable pest management to the farmers and to assess the relationships between enhanced IPM knowledge and adoption of IPM strategies by the farmers. The study has be...

Field Pea Grain for Beef Cattle

Price will dictate inclusion rates, but increasing availability of this grain legume is resulting in pricing that is competitive with other feeds. In creep feeds, 30 percent to 50 percent field peas appears to be optimum for animal performance. Commercial feed manufacturers are including peas in a number of commercial products for their nutrient density, palatability and competitive price, and ...