Wild pea (Pisum sativum L. subsp. elatius (Bieb.) Aschers. et Graebn. s.l.) at the periphery of its range: Zagros Mountains.

ABSTRACT: Characteristics of wild peas and their habitats at the periphery of the range are interesting with respect to their potential importance for pre-breeding programs aimed at selection for different environmental conditions. However, wild pea diversity in peripheral regions is insufficiently represented in the existing germplasm collections. In such regions, wild pea populations are rare, small in size and suffer from climatic change and land exploitation, hence their focused search is strongly desirable. A two-week-long expedition to Iran in May 2017 revealed two small populations of the wild pea (Pisum sativum subsp. elatius) in the Zagros Mts, in Aligudarz and Khorramabad Districts of Lorestan Province, Iran, at elevations of 1841 and 1971 m a.s.l., respectively. Their habitats are briefly

SUBMITTER: Kosterin OE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7716565 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature