Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier
Abstract
Lathyrus cicera L. (chickling pea) and L. sativus L. (grass pea)
have great potential among grain legumes due to their adaptability to
inauspicious environments, high protein content and resistance to
serious diseases. Lathyrus spp. are considered potential sources of
high quality and cheap protein. Nevertheless, due to its past underuse,
further activities are required to exploit this potential and to capitalise
on the present molecular biology advances on Lathyrus spp. breeding
programmes.(...
