Being the PI of a project in which we are trying to increase area under lathyrus cultivation, please share your experience, if, have any...
I am assistant in forage production and I am interesting to grass pea (L. sativus)
Dear Chandan Kumar Panda I appreciate your interest on Lathyrus sativus. This wonderful plant species used to coexist and support wheat in entire wheat growing area of India. But use of clean crop approach and broad spectrum weedicides it disapperaed from wheat fields. Besides giving some extra nitrogen, deeper root system and maturing earlier than wheat make it a good candidate for intercropping with wheat.
@ Naresh Kumar Bainsla thanks for your suggestion. would u mind share some literature in intercropping with wheat ... recently we are demonstrating lathyrus in paira/utera cropping and also as main crop in farmers field in bihar. they are showing interest to this crop....
@ Salma Sai Kachout
Thanks for showing interest. u can use lathyrus as u want.
however, i have no idea whether this crop is available or not in your nation ....
Chandan Kumar Panda
There are many species of Lathyrus distributed in Tunisia like L. sativus, cicera and ochrus.
@ Salma Sai Kachout
Very nice heard from you. would you mind to inform me, is the L. sativus is commercially grown in Tunisia ...or it is banned for cultivation ..due to ODAP/BOAA content in it...please inform
Chandan Kumar Panda , Your project was excellent and was go through the final reports. Even, i created a BLOG on grasspea.net (https://www.grasspea.net/revival-of-grasspea-in-bihar/) when i come across with your excellent results.
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