Protein pea

(Pisum sativum Asch. et Gr.)

The protein pea is a glabrous and glaucous annual microterm plant, which has limited temperature requirements to grow and develop and avoids severe heat and drought. For the cultivation from dry grain, the appreciated characteristics are: high protein content of the seeds, rather small seed (which saves on the seeds), growth of the plants at maturity not too prostrate so that the combine yields losses that are not excessive. Leguminosa which replaces soy in animal feed, is very important precisely because of the economic advantages that it involves in cultivation thanks to its resistance, adaptability and demand from the foreign market.

Purposes
The seeds, with their high protein content, are used purely for animal feed.

Category: Grain legumes