EVALUATION OF PISUM-SATIVUM LANDRACES FROM THE NORTHWEST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA AND THEIR BREEDING VALUE

Seventy two landraces of green and sugar pea (Pisum sativum), plus fou r elite commercial cultivars as controls, were evaluated in 1989-1990 for 19 quantitative traits. The landraces show a broad diversity in mo st of the traits studied. There are significant positive correlations of flowering date with node of first flower. shoot height and number o f days to maturity, which could be relevant parameters for evaluating plant precocity. The analysis of means over each population in some im portant morpho-biological and quality traits in pod and seed show that there are seven landraces which deserve special attention for having promising breeding value.