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Article: Registration of 'Ceora' grass pea.(REGISTRATIONS OF CULTIVARS)(Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture)
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- Crop Science
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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'Ceora' grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) (Reg. no. CV-259, PI 640423) was bred and selected by the Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (CLIMA), Australia. Ceora is Australia's first grass pea cultivar. It is a hardy annual cool season legume with a growth habit similar to the field pea (Pisum sativum L.). Ceora is intended to fulfil a multipurpose role as a low-cost, low-input grain legume, green forage species, hay or green manure crop. It is best adapted to medium to heavy textured soils of southern Australia where the annual rainfall ranges between 300 and 650 mm. It has a very low level of neurotoxin 3- (-N-oxalyl)-L-2,3-diamino propionic acid (ODAP) ...