Narbon vetch (Vicia narbonensis L.): A potential feed legume crop for dry areas in West Asia

• Published in: Journal of agronomy and crop science (1986) Vol. 169; no. 5; pp. 347 - 353
• Main Author: Abd El Moneim, A. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.1992; Blackwell
• Subjects: adaptation; Adaptation to environment and cultivation conditions; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; ARID ZONES; Biological and medical sciences; COLD; cold tolerance; CROP YIELD; crude protein; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ESTABLECIMIENTO DE PLANTAS; ETABLISSEMENT DE LA PLANTE; FRIO; FROID; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; grain yield; HARVEST INDEX; INDICE DE RECOLTE; narbon vetch; PLANT ESTABLISHMENT; PROTEINAS; PROTEINE; PROTEINS; RELACION GRANO PAJA; RENDEMENT DES CULTURES; RENDIMIENTO DE CULTIVOS; RESISTANCE A LA SECHERESSE; RESISTANCE A LA TEMPERATURE; RESISTENCIA A LA SEQUIA; RESISTENCIA A LA TEMPERATURA; SIRIA; SYRIA; SYRIE; TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE; Varietal selection. Specialized plant breeding, plant breeding aims; VICIA NARBONENSIS; ZONA ARIDA; ZONE ARIDE; West asia; Asia; Syria; Grains; Arid environment; Cold resistance; Genotype; Potential; Line (plant); Field experiment; Harvest index; Grain legume; Leguminosae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Plant protein; Spermatophyta; Yield; Vicia narbonensis; Adaptation

Provision of feed supplies for the rapidly growing livestock population is essential in West Asia. Shortages can be alleviated by growing forage crops in the existing fallow lands. Narbon vetch (Vicia narbonensis L.) is a leguminous species with high yield potential, drought tolerance and cold resis...