Characterisation of Some Pea (pisum sativum L.) Genotypes and Comparing Their Seed Yield in the Environmental Conditions of North western Syria

Abstract

 This research was carried out at Kafer Yahmool Scientific Agricultural Research Center aiming to characterize and compare the seed yield of some genotypes of pea (Pisum sativum L.) which are; Dutch, Turkish and local using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. The results showed a high genetic purity of the Dutch genotype compared to the other two genotypes, as well as the superiority of the Dutch model over the Turkish and local ones in most of the studied traits, namely (seed yield, hay yield, harvest indications, number of flowers per plant, number of pods per plant, and number of dry seeds per pod. The Turkish genotype outperformed the local one in the characteristics of

(seed yield, hay yield and number of pods per plant). The local and Turkish genotypes outperformed the Dutch one in characteristic of (number of days until flowering, plant height and weight of 100 seeds).