Evaluation of some forage pea (Pisum arvense L.) lines and cultivars in terms of herbage yield and quality

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine some yield, quality attributes and correlation of forage pea lines and cultivars for two years between 2014 and 2015 in Bingöl ecological conditions. In present experiments, fourteen different forage pea lines and cultivars were used as the plant material. Experiments were conducted in randomized complete blocks design with three replications. Plant height, herbage yield, hay yield, crude protein ratio, crude protein yield, crude ash ratio, acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber, digestible dry matter, dry matter intake and relative feed value were investigated. According to mean of experimental years plant height, herbage yield, hay yield, crude protein ratio, crude protein yield, crude ash ratio, acid detergent fiber, neutral detergent fiber, digestible dry matter, dry matter intake and relative feed values varied from 38.4 to 92.0 cm, from 874 to 1552 kg da-1, from 129 to 232 kg da-1, from 10.2 to 16.9%, from 15.8 to 38.4 kg da-1, from 9.1 to 11.6%, from 27.6 to 34.9%, from 38.1 to 44.1%, from 61.7 to 67.4%, from 2.73 to 3.18% and from 130.9 to 166.4. Significant correlations were found between the traits studied. In terms of these parameters; the Urunlu and Retna genotypes were found to be superior.