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Controlled Environments as an Adjunct to Field Research on Lentils (Lens culinaris) I. Perspectives, Tenets and Objectives†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. J. Summerfield  and
F. J. Muehlbauer
R. J. Summerfield
Affiliation:
USDA-SEA-AR, Legume Breeding and Production, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
F. J. Muehlbauer
Affiliation:
USDA-SEA-AR, Legume Breeding and Production, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Summary

Our experience with potentially tropic-adapted grain legumes leads us to hypothesize that ‘with appropriate and sufficiently proven technology, developed specifically for the purpose, controlled environment facilities can be a powerful adjunct to field research and so assist in the attainment of crop improvement objectives in lentils’. This contribution comments on the ‘adaptation’ of grain legume crops to their environments, describes current lentil production in the USA and elsewhere, and discusses the tenets and objectives of a programme of research devoted to the ultimate release of lentil genotypes that are well adapted to the environments for which they are intended.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 4 , October 1981 , pp. 363 - 372
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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