Regeneration of faba beans
Seed dormancy
None.
Vernalization
None.
Crop phenology
Sowing
Sowing is carried out manually in March In general, 200 seeds per accession are used in a plot of 8 m2. Distance between rows the is 30 cm. The accession plots are spatially isolated in winter rye fields. Distance between the plots is 50 m.
Harvesting
Harvesting is carried out manually in August or September.
Pest and disease control
Preventive
- Ascochyta fabae in seed stage
Non-preventive
- Sitona lineatus in seedling stage
- Botrytris spp. in flowering stage
- Aphis fabae