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The iconic pea plant experiments of Gregor Mendel laid the foundations for the science of genetics. Now 160 years on, an ...
Researchers pinpoint the genes responsible for the final three pea traits studied by the famed citizen scientist.
They can be eaten raw; whipped into a dip or sauce; or easily slipped into soups, salads and pasta, adding tiny pops of ...
A multi-noded, tall-stemmed plant with deep roots is the key to farmers raising pea yields, according to a new pea growth ...
Farmers are likely doing some pulse acreage juggling in the wake of China’s 100 percent tariff on Canadian peas.
SWABI: Vegetable traders have hired underage boys for harvesting pea crops in violation of child labour laws, it was learnt here on Monday. This correspondent visited fields in different areas ...
Lentil and pea bids in Western Canada have softened over the past month, as all agricultural markets react to ongoing global ...
The plant acts as a living yam stick, he says, and as well as reducing the need to cut wood from the forest, the pigeon pea brings other benefits too. Like all leguminous crops, it fixes nitrogen ...
Tests of field pea varieties this past summer in plot trials suggest some commercial varieties have more genetic resistance ...