New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts
`Rex', a new white field pea (Pisum sativum L.)
for Canterbury, New Zealand
A. C. RUSSELL
G. E. OVENDEN
New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food
Research Limited
Private Bag 4704
Christchurch, New Zealand
C. DUCHENE
S. A. Nickerson
5 Rue L`Egalité 28130
Chartonvilliers, France
Abstract `Rex' (
Pisum sativum L.) is a new white field
pea, bred by S. A. Nickerson of France, that has been released by Crop &
Food Research for arable cropping farmers in Canterbury, New Zealand. `Rex' has
a conventional plant type with an upright growth habit. The dry seed of `Rex'
is white, with a yellow cotyledon, and a mean 1000 seed weight of 260 g. `Rex'
has produced high and stable seed yields in regional evaluation trials
conducted over four successive seasons in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Keywords `Rex'; white field pea; Pisum sativum L.;
Canterbury
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 1995, Vol. 23:
475-476
0114-0671/95/2304-0475 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1995
Cultivar release
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