Field Pea Southern Region - GrowNotes™
Field Pea Southern Region - GrowNotes™
Published: 1 Nov 2017
There are five field pea types, based on seed coat or kernel colour, size and shape. Most (70–90%) field pea grown in Australia is for human consumption. Field pea has a role in whole farming systems and crop rotations, as a cash crop, in weed control, in soil nitrogen fixation and for a disease break.
Key points
- There are five field pea types, based on seed coat or kernel colour, size and shape.
- Most (70–90%) field pea grown in Australia is for human consumption.
- More than 90% of Australian field pea grown are dun type, with 85% of these now a ‘Kaspa’ type.
- Two types of plant growth habit: conventional trailing types and semileafless types with thicker stems and leaves modified into tendrils to produce better standing ability.
- Field pea has a role in whole farming systems and crop rotations, as a cash crop, in weed control, in soil nitrogen fixation and for a disease break.
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Table of contents
- GRDC-GrowNotes-Field-pea-Southern-Region (PDF 14.0 MB)
- Table of Contents - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 2.4 MB)
- Introduction - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 2.4 MB)
- Planning - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.2 MB)
- Pre-planting - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 2.9 MB)
- Planting - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.0 MB)
- Plant Growth Physiology - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 2.9 MB)
- Nutrition Fertiliser - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.0 MB)
- Weed Control - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.3 MB)
- Pest Management - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 4.5 MB)
- Diseases - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.6 MB)
- Pre-harvest Treatments - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 2.9 MB)
- Harvest - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.1 MB)
- Storage - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.2 MB)
- Environmental Issues - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 3.0 MB)
- Marketing - GRDC GrowNotes - Field Pea - South (PDF 2.7 MB)
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