Environmental effect on yield, composition and technological seed traits of some Italian ecotypes of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.)

Abstract

Principal component analysis of the data showed that the overall seed composition was affected by the growing location. Consequently, each grass pea genotype should also be carefully investigated in relation to different environments before being considered for release as safe for widespread human or animal consumption.

Variability of phenotypic and morphological characteristics of some Lathyrus sativus L. and Lathyrus cicera L. accessions and nutritional traits of their seeds

“…Over time, the crop found better growth and development conditions and consequently today as a dominant species is more popular than lentil. In Poland (Milczak et al 2001), alike Italy (Tavoletti and Capitani 2000;Polignano et al 2005;Piergiovanni et al 2011, Lioi et al 2011, Spain (De la Rosa and Martin 2001), Slovak Republic (Benkova and Zakova 2001) and Hungary (Lazanyi 2000), it is one of the relatively infrequent grain legumes. However, grass pea was not completely abandoned and has remained in small farms which continued small scale production for family consumption and the local market (Hammer et al 1999;Tavoletti and Capitani 2000).…”

“…However, grass pea was not completely abandoned and has remained in small farms which continued small scale production for family consumption and the local market (Hammer et al 1999;Tavoletti and Capitani 2000). According to Piergiovanni et al (2011), the currently renewed interest in grass pea in Europe (e.g. in Poland and other countries of central Europe) and other regions with highly developed agriculture is justified by the potential in development of crop rotation for marginal land, high adaptability to organic farming system, possible use as an alternative to wheat in areas overexploited by cereals and rapeseed cultivation and a source of protein for nutritional purposes.…”

L-Homoarginine Accumulation in Grass Pea (<i>Lathyrus sativus</i> L.) Dry Seeds. A Preliminary Survey

“…Recently, it has been published a paper dealing with the evaluation of nutritional and technological quality of seeds belonging to Italian grass pea ecotypes [31]. This last study and the present one share a part of tested ecotypes, so matching the results, interesting consideration on factors affecting the Har storage can be done.…”

“…This last study and the present one share a part of tested ecotypes, so matching the results, interesting consideration on factors affecting the Har storage can be done. A wide variation between locations as well as growing seasons was observed also for grain yield and ODAP [31]. As shown in Table 1, for each ecotype, the yield recorded in the first growing season at Battipaglia was about two times that registered at Guardia Perticara, while in the subsequent season grain yields recorded at the two locations resulted comparable.…”

Comparative evaluation of phosphorus accumulation and partitioning in seeds of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

“…monthly average temperature, rainfall quantity) during the plant development and levels of antinutritionals in seeds (Kumar et al, 2006;Nikolopoulou et al, 2007;Piergiovanni et al, 2011). To shed light on the role of growing location climate on P accumulation and partitioning in common bean, monthly average temperature and rainfall quantity recorded at Sarconi in the years 2012-2014 from June to October, were examined.…”