Characterization of an assortment of garden broad bean (Vicia faba L.)

Abstract

An experiment was carried out in the experimental field of the Vegetable growing discipline, at Iasi University of Life Science, during 2022-2023, with the aim of studying the main morphological, physiological and agro-productive characteristics of an assortment of garden broad bean consisting by the following cultivars: De Monica, Karmazin, Aquadulce, Bartek, Scorpio, Witkiem Manita and Suprifin. The assortment is relatively diverse in terms of phenology, plant height, number of pods per plant, mass of green grains per pod and green grains yield (kg/ha). The most productive cultivars are: Bartek, with 7398.96 kg/ha green grains, Aqadulce, with 7272.38 kg/ha green grains, and Witkiem Manita, with 6580.35 kg/ha green grains