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Published: 2000

Total Pages: 12

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Dry pea (Pisum sativum L.) is a pulse crop and a leading alternative crop as farmers move to diversify crop production in Saskatchewan. Yellow & green cotyledon cultivars are grown. This fact sheet looks at market opportunities, nutritional characteristics, adaptation, rotational considerations, irrigation, inoculation, fertilization, seeding, land rolling, varieties, weed control, insect control, disease control, harvesting, post- harvest pea residue management, and storage and handling.