Pulse Breeding Australia have bred two new varieties of peas

Pulse Breeding Australia has released two new varieties of peas that improve the supply of products to field pea producers. This was reported by farmweekly.com, writes agronews.ua. PBA Taylor is a Kaspa field pea that ripens much earlier. The main advantage of the variety is its resistance to diseases, with good resistance to both the mosaic virus transmitted by pea seeds and the bean leaf virus. These two viruses are common causes of pea crop loss, and it is resistance that is the key reason why Taylor has consistently been the most productive field pea when tested in different environments. Agricultural pea breeder Victoria Babu Pandey said the variety is best suited for medium rainfall areas such as Wimmer, North America, the York Peninsula and Eyre and Riverina, but it can also be grown in low-rainfall environments such as Malley. While Taylor is another pea variety, with tanned seeds, the main type of field pea grown in Australia, with traditional markets for sales, another ...