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| What is the most important pulse crop to Western Canada? |
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Definition
Field peas, part of the legume family
Pisum sativum |
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| Where did field peas originate? |
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Definition
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| True or False: peas are a cool season crop |
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Definition
True
Grow well in cool temperatures and have hypogeal emergence. Can germinate in low temperatures |
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| What happens if a pea seedling is damaged by frost? |
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Definition
| new shoots will emerge from below ground |
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| What kind of breeding was done to peas? |
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Definition
| bred out the wrinkled apperance of peas |
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List the following about peas:
Soil type
Growth type
Where photosynthesis occurs |
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Definition
Soil type: peas do not tolerate poorly drained soils
Growth type: both determinate (usually earlier maturity) and indeterminate (can compensate during heat stress)
Photosynthesis: occurs in the tendrils (high WUE)
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| What is the approximate protein content of peas? |
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| What are the 2 types of peas grown? |
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Definition
Yellow peas
- most widely grown
Green peas
- higher market price
- susceptible to bleeching |
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| True or False: peas can fix their own nitrogen |
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Definition
True
Usually innoculate everytime they are grown because they lose their rhizobia from the soil over winter |
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Term
| Is there a wide variety of herbicide selection in peas? |
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Definition
No
peas are poor competitors during early development (better to use an early spring burndown) |
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| What are some diseases impacting peas? |
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Definition
Blight
Sclerotinia stem rot
Powdery Mildew |
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| What are tannins in peas? |
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Definition
| Slow the digestion of peas for ruminants |
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