scholarly journals Historical review of faba bean improvement in western Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Khazaei ◽  
Glen Hawkins ◽  
Albert Vandenberg
Keyword(s):  
Faba Bean ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Western Canada

scholarly journals Historical Review of Faba Bean Improvement in Western Canada

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamid Khazaei ◽  
Glen Hawkins ◽  
Albert Vandenberg
Keyword(s):  
Faba Bean ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Canadian Prairies ◽  
Ecological Zones ◽  
Breeding Goal ◽  
Minor Crop ◽  
Bean Research ◽  
A Minor

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) was considered a minor crop in the Canadian prairies until recently, but its potential for cultivation is increasing due to its positive environmental impact and economic value. This review provides a historical summary of faba bean improvement in western Canada. Although traditional breeding methods have proved useful, in the last decade faba bean improvement has benefited from advances in genetics, biochemistry and molecular breeding tools. The overall breeding goal is to develop high yielding germplasm with improved agronomic characteristics that will be of economic value to the emerging faba bean sectors, including the plant protein industry. To maximize value and acceptance by producers, processors and the food industry as a source of protein and dietary fibre, future faba bean varieties need to be high-yielding, have diverse seed size classes, disease resistance, genetically low vicine-convicine concentration, and have wider adaptation to different agro-ecological zones of Canada. The experiences over the last 40 years of faba bean improvement in western Canada may be useful to other breeding programs globally located in regions with similar agroecology. In the past 10–15 years, faba bean genetic development in Canada has benefited greatly from research and development interactions with most of the faba bean research programs in northern Europe.

Progress towards no-till organic weed control in western Canada

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven J. Shirtliffe ◽  
Eric N. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Weed Control ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Green Manure ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Field Pea ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
No Till ◽  
Green Manure Crops

AbstractOrganic farmers in western Canada rely on tillage to control weeds and incorporate crop residues that could plug mechanical weed-control implements. However, tillage significantly increases the risk of soil erosion. For farmers seeking to reduce or eliminate tillage, potential alternatives include mowing or using a roller crimper for terminating green manure crops (cover crops) or using a minimum tillage (min-till) rotary hoe for mechanically controlling weeds. Although many researchers have studied organic crop production in western Canada, few have studied no-till organic production practices. Two studies were recently conducted in Saskatchewan to determine the efficacy of the following alternatives to tillage: mowing and roller crimping for weed control, and min-till rotary hoeing weed control in field pea (Pisum sativum L.). The first study compared mowing and roller crimping with tillage when terminating faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and field pea green manure crops. Early termination of annual green manure crops with roller crimping or mowing resulted in less weed regrowth compared with tillage. When compared with faba bean, field pea produced greater crop biomass, suppressed weeds better and had less regrowth. Wheat yields following pea were not affected by the method of termination. Thus, this first study indicated that roller crimping and mowing are viable alternatives to tillage to terminate field pea green manure crops. The second study evaluated the tolerance and efficacy of a min-till rotary harrow in no-till field pea production. The min-till rotary hoe was able to operate in no-till cereal residues and multiple passes did not affect the level of residue cover. Field pea exhibited excellent tolerance to the min-till rotary hoe. Good weed control occurred with multiple rotary hoe passes, and pea seed yield was 87% of the yield obtained in the herbicide-treated check. Therefore, this second study demonstrated that min-till rotary hoeing effectively controls many small seeded annual weeds in the presence of crop residue and thus can reduce the need for tillage in organic-cropping systems.

scholarly journals 339 Effect of varieties and tannin levels (low and normal) on the physicochemical and nutritional characterization of faba bean grown in western Canada.

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (suppl_3) ◽  
pp. 169-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Rodríguez ◽  
V Guevara-Oquendo ◽  
R Newkirk ◽  
D Beaulieu ◽  
B Tar’an ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Faba Bean ◽  
Western Canada

OUTLOOK FABA BEAN

1982 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 1043-1044
Author(s):  
G. G. ROWLAND ◽  
R. S. BHATTY ◽  
R. A. A. MORRALL
Keyword(s):  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Faba Beans

Outlook is the second Canadian-bred cultivar of faba beans (Vicia faba) to be licensed. It is small-seeded like Ackerperle, but is intermediate in maturity compared to available cultivars. Outlook is adapted to western Canada and is slightly lower yielding than Aladin on dryland but is the highest yielding cultivar under irrigation testing.

SUSCEPTIBILITY OF FIVE FABA BEAN CULTIVARS TO POWDERY MILDEW DISEASE IN WESTERN CANADA

1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-283
Author(s):  
R. A. A. MORRALL ◽  
D. L. MCKENZIE
Keyword(s):  
Powdery Mildew ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Powdery Mildew Disease

In 1974 and 1975, powdery mildew (Microsphaera penicillata var. ludens) developed extensively in plots of five faba bean cultivars by early September. Disease intensity varied significantly between cultivars in 1974 but not in 1975. A spraying program in 1975 gave excellent disease control but did not significantly improve seed yield.

Contrasting Rhizobium inoculation requirements of zero-tannin faba bean and narrow-leafed lupin in western Canada

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 (7) ◽  
pp. 1117-1123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken J. Lopetinsky ◽  
Newton Z. Lupwayi ◽  
Mark A. Olson ◽  
Zafrin Akter ◽  
George W. Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Rhizobium Leguminosarum ◽  
Native Plants ◽  
Cropping Systems ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
N Accumulation ◽  
Rhizobium Inoculation ◽  
Pisum Sativum L ◽  
Vicia Faba Minor

Lopetinsky, K. J., Lupwayi, N. Z., Olson, M. A., Akter, Z. and Clayton, G. W. 2014. Contrasting Rhizobium inoculation requirements of zero-tannin faba bean and narrow-leafed lupin in western Canada. Can. J. Plant Sci. 94: 1117–1123. Zero-tannin faba bean (Vicia faba minor) and narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) have shown potential as new pulse crops in Alberta cropping systems, but their inoculation requirements to maximize biological N2 fixation (BNF) are unknown. We conducted a 6 site-year study to compare the effects of several commercial rhizobial inoculant products (eight for faba bean and three for lupin) in different formulations (granular, peat and liquid) on nodulation, N accumulation, grain yield and grain protein of the two crops. The liquid and peat formulations were applied to the seed, while the granular inoculant was applied to the soil. Inoculation had no significant effects on nodulation, grain yield and seed weight of faba bean in all site-years. Un-inoculated and inoculated plants nodulated equally well, suggesting the presence of adequate populations of effective indigenous Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae for nodulation of untreated plants. The indingenous rhizobia could have originated from previous field pea (Pisum sativum L.) crops or leguminous native plants/weeds. By contrast, narrow-leafed lupin responded to inoculation in all site-years, and poor nodulation of un-inoculated plants indicated inadequate populations of indigenous R. lupini for nodulation in the soils. The seed-applied peat inoculant Nitragin Lupin and the soil-applied granular inoculant Soil Implant Lupin were equally effective in increasing nodulation relative to the un-inoculated control in 3 of 5 site-years (nodulation was not assessed in 1 site-year). However, relative to the un-inoculated control, Nitragin Lupin increased grain yields in 4 of 6 site-years compared with 1 of 5 for Soil Implant Lupin (and 2 of 6 for seed-applied TagTeam Lupin). These results show that faba bean probably does not require inoculation in these soils, although periodic checking is required to ensure that its high BNF potential is always realized, but narrow-leafed lupin needs to be inoculated with suitable inoculant products to increase BNF.

ENCORE FABA BEAN

1986 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. G. ROWLAND ◽  
R. S. BHATTY ◽  
R. A. A. MORRALL
Keyword(s):  
Plant Height ◽  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Development Centre ◽  
Crop Development ◽  
Cultivar Description

Encore is the second faba bean (Vicia faba) cultivar released by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan. Encore is best adapted to Saskatchewan and irrigated areas of western Canada where it is the highest yielding cultivar. It is similar in maturity and plant height to Outlook and similar to Pegasus in seed size.Key words: Cultivar description, faba bean, Encore faba bean

ORION FABA BEAN

1988 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 809-810
Author(s):  
B. BERKENKAMP ◽  
J. MEERES
Keyword(s):  
Vicia Faba ◽  
Seed Yield ◽  
Faba Bean ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Early Maturing ◽  
Vicia Faba L ◽  
Cultivar Description ◽  
Short Season ◽  
Vicia Faba Minor

Orion is an early-maturing, small-seeded faba bean (Vicia faba minor) cultivar developed by Agriculture Canada. Orion is adapted to the short-season areas of the park-lands of Western Canada, where it produces higher seed yield than other cultivars.Key words: Cultivar description, faba bean, Vicia faba L.

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