Preliminary studies on the perspective of garden broad bean cultivation in Romania

Abstract

Broad bean crop presents great nutritional, agrotechnical, economic and social value worldwide, along with other legume crops such as soybean, bean and pea. In Romania, the interest for this crop is very low, although there are favorable conditions to acquire successful crops, in the last 30-50 there being a well-known crop. The study presents the most important achievements regarding the cultivation technology, with special emphasis on the assortment, crop density and fertilization regime, as important factors for the promotion of this culture in our country. The scientific paper is elaborated on the bases of the scientific literature regarding the most important cultivation factors and the correlation between them to meet the ecological needs of the plant.