Peas for animal consumption produce hay and are suitable for cows, horses and sheep especially for those who nurse. Their grains are rich of proteins, and vitamins.
They can be used for silage, in co-cultivation with barley or oat and for green manure.
Peas prefers cool environments, especially in the blooming period, so to produce grain.
Varieties with colorful flowers and testa of seed, possess a cold hardiness util -15o C, in winter.
Like vetch and fababeans, peas are equally valuable to crop rotation.
‘Odysseas’ is a Greek variety that came by the cross between domestic and foreign varieties, with the bulk population method.
Read more: 'ODYSSEAS' VARIETY (PISUM SATIVUM)
