Breeding of field bean (Vicia faba L.) with early maturity

Hovinen, Simo

doi:10.23986/afsci.72298

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“…Landraces of faba bean were grown in marginal areas, but in 1969 plant breeding programs were initiated to develop cultivars adapted to Finnish conditions, to partly substitute for imported protein feeds (Hovinen 1988b). Two cultivars were released, but without any increase in cultivation area (Stoddard et al 2009).…”

Section: Cropmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protein crop production at the northern margin of farming: to boost or not to boost

Peltonen‐Sainio

Niemi

2012

AFSci

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Global changes in food demand resulting from population growth and more meat-intensive diets require an increase in global protein crop production, not least as climate change and increasing scarcity of fresh water could restrict future production. In contrast to many other regions, in Finland climate change could open new opportunities through enabling more diverse cropping systems. It is justified to re-enquire whether the extent and intensity of protein crop production are optimized, resources are used efficiently and sustainably, cropping systems are built to be resilient and whether ecological services that protein crops provide are utilized appropriately. This paper aims to analyze in a descriptive manner the biological grounds for sustainable intensification of protein crop production in Finland. Production security is considered by evaluating the effects of and likelihood for constraints typical for northern conditions, examining historical and recent crop failures and estimating ecosystem services that more extensive introduction of protein crops potentially provide for northern cropping systems now and in a changing climate. There is an evident potential to expand protein crop production sustainably to a couple of times its current area. In general, variability in protein yields tends to be higher for protein crops than spring cereals. Nevertheless, protein yield variability was not necessarily systematically higher for Finland, when compared with other European regions, as it was for cereals. Protein crops provide significant ecological services that further support their expanded production. By this means protein self-sufficiency remains unrealistic, but increased production of protein crops can be achieved. The expansion of rapeseed and legumes areas also seems to be economically feasible. From the economic viewpoint, an increase in domestic protein supply requires that farmers have economic incentives to a) cultivate protein-rich crops instead of cereals, and b) use them as animal feed instead of imported sources of protein. Environmental sustainability is an argument to justify economic support for protein-rich crops and thus increase their cultivation.

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Section: Cropmentioning

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Protein crop production at the northern margin of farming: to boost or not to boost

Peltonen‐Sainio

Niemi

2012

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“…When grown in Finland, Mikko had even lower seed weight, 22 g versus 29.4 g (our study) 67 . Despite its low seed weight and yield, Mikko is cultivated in Finland due to its extremely early maturation 68 . The yield limitations of Mikko were apparent in our work as this cultivar had the fewest flowers per inflorescence.…”

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confidence: 54%

“…67 Despite its low seed weight and yield, Mikko is cultivated in Finland due to its extremely early maturation. 68 The yield limitations of Mikko were apparent in our work as this cultivar had the fewest flowers per inflorescence. Interestingly, 100-seed weight was negatively correlated with seed shape (r = À0.69, p < 0.01) indicating that rounder seeds are often smaller than flattened seeds (Table S7).…”

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Association mapping of plant structure and yield traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

Abuzayed,

Baytar,

Yanar

et al. 2023

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BACKGROUNDFaba bean (Vicia faba L.) is an important crop with high protein content. Tens of thousands of faba bean accessions are available in germplasm collections throughout the world. Morphological characterization of these materials can enrich these collection and aid in the selection of genotypes for use in breeding programs.RESULTSIn this study, 26 morphological characters were analyzed for 61 faba bean landraces and 53 cultivars over two seasons in Izmir, Turkey. The genotypes had high diversity for several yield traits including number of pods per plant, dry seed yield, and 100‐seed weight. Association mapping was conducted for the morphological characters using 651 alleles from 100 SSR markers and a general linear model based on the Q matrix. A false discovery rate of 0.20 was used to test the significance of marker‐trait associations resulting in 75 loci detected for 20 of the morphological characters (p ≤ 0.001).CONCLUSIONOverall, 44% of the quantitative trait loci (QTL) were for seed traits, with 24, 15, and 17% of QTL identified for vegetative, inflorescence and pod traits, respectively. The phenotypic data and marker‐trait associations generated by this work can help breeding programs in the selection and improvement of faba bean.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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“…Breeding new cultivars with high and stable levels of protein for variable northern conditions is a difficult task, and instead, when breeding for better protein productivity it is much more effective to improve seed yield and yield stability than protein content (Karjalainen and Kortet 1987). Peas were considered as a domestic protein crop, which meant that a new cultivar also had to express high N fixation capacity, so high protein yields and high seed protein contents were possible (Hovinen 1988). The programme produced 9 varieties of semi-leafless (afaf StSt) peas on market, some of which were only for export.…”

Section: Developments Up To 1945mentioning

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Legumes in Finnish agriculture: history, present status and future prospects

Stoddard¹,

Hovinen²,

Kontturi³

et al. 2008

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Legumes are important in world agriculture, providing biologically fixed nitrogen, breaking cereal disease cycles and contributing locally grown food and feed, including forage. Pea and faba bean were grown by early farmers in Finland, with remains dated to 500 BC. Landraces of pea and faba bean were gradually replaced by better adapted, higher quality materials for food use. While grain legumes have been restricted by their long growing seasons to the south of the country, red, white and alsike clovers are native throughout and have long been used in leys for grazing, hay and silage. Breeding programmes released many cultivars of these crops during the 1900s, particularly pea and red clover. A.I. Virtanen earned the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on both nitrogen fixation and silage preservation. Use of crop mixtures may appear modern, but farmers used them already in the early 1800s, when oat was used to support pea, and much effort has been devoted to improving the system and establishing its other benefits. Although international cultivars have been easily accessible since Finland's 1995 entry into the European Union, the combination of feed quality and appropriate earliness is still needed, as < 1% of arable land is sown to grain legumes and an increase to 9-10% would allow replacement of imported protein feeds. Climate change will alter the stresses on legume crops, and investment in agronomy, physiology and breeding is needed so that farmers can gain from the many advantages of a legume-supported rotation.

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Breeding of field bean (Vicia faba L.) with early maturity

Cited by 4 publications

References 3 publications

Protein crop production at the northern margin of farming: to boost or not to boost

Protein crop production at the northern margin of farming: to boost or not to boost

Association mapping of plant structure and yield traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

Legumes in Finnish agriculture: history, present status and future prospects

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