New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts
`Crown', a new high-yielding field pea (Pisum sativum L.)
W. A. JERMYN
A. C. RUSSELL
New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food
Research Limited
Private Bag 4704
Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract `Crown' is a new short-strawed field pea (Pisum
sativum) with purple flowers and a mottled brown and light tan seed coat.
It has been developed for use as a spring-sown grain pea in the export `maple'
pea trade. In regional evaluation trials in Canterbury, New Zealand, over six
seasons, `Crown' has consistently out-yielded the standard cultivar `Whero'.
Because of its short stature and relatively prostrate growth habit `Crown' is
best suited to medium-high fertility soils and access to irrigation to
facilitate easy harvest.
Keywords Pisum sativum; field pea; new cultivar
H97-33
Received 12 August 1997; accepted 2 December 1997
Cultivar release
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