Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica, cilt.42, sa.3, ss.517-526, 2022 (Scopus)
It is well established that Lathyrus sativus has its center of origin in the Balkan Peninsula, from where it spread to the other parts of the world through infusion and naturalization. Turkey has 73 taxa in genus Lathyrus, (of which about 1/3rd are endemic) that grow all over the country but are more concentrated in Central Black Sea, South East, and Eastern Anatolia Regions. The current study describes the cultivation and consumption practices of Turkish people where it is not consumed on large scales and is confined to a few locations. The people in different countries of the world have different eating habits depending on their culture. However, most people use them to make soup, bread, or salty snacks using whole, split grains/or powder. The cultivation techniques of the grass pea vary from place to place. These include cultivation under rainfed conditions on marginal lands in Turkey to using Utera method of cultivation in China and some parts of India. Grass pea is a neglected crop and all research work is carried out on an individual basis without the involvement of large or mega projects. There is a need of chemical, phenotypic and molecular characterization with emphasis on conservation of local germplasm world over including Turkey with focus on breeding low β-ODAP cultivars suitable for human and animals consumption everywhere in the world including Turkey and China. It is concluded that the selection of low or no β-ODAP cultivars will help in the pro duction of better cultivars that could be used for food, feed, and ornamental purposes.