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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS
P.O. Box 5466, Aleppo, Syria
Phone: (963-21) 2213433, 2213477, 2225112, 2225012
Fax: (963-21) 2213490, 2225105; E-mail: ICARDA@CGIAR.ORG
Website: www.icarda.cgiar.org
23 December 2004
For more information contact:
Surendra Varma (s.varma@CGIAR.ORG)
New Varieties of Grass Pea and Vetch Released in Turkey
Dr Hüseyin Kansur Frincioglu, Head of the Pasture and Forage Legume Department, Field Crops Central Research Institute (FCCRI), Ankara, Turkey recently announced the release of one new variety of grass pea and five of vetch in Turkey. All six varieties were derived from ICARDA materials obtained through the international trial nurseries between 1991 and 1994.

‘Gürbüz-2001,’ the new grass pea variety is recommended for seed and straw but is not tolerant to cold. ‘Tarman-2002,’ a narbon vetch variety is recommended for seed and straw and is tolerant to cold. ‘Baydurbey-2002’ and ‘Segmen-2002’ are both cold-tolerant woolly-pod vetches, and can be used for hay making and seed and straw, respectively. ‘Anadolu pembesi-2002’ and ‘Oguz-2002’ are winter hardy, red-flowering Hungarian vetch varieties. Both are recommended for seed and straw. All five vetch varieties are recommended for planting in autumn.

Congratulations to the Turkish scientists who worked hard to develop these new varieties and to Dr Ali Abd El-Moneim, Senior Forage Breeder, ICARDA, for providing genetic material through international trial nurseries.

About ICARDA: Established in 1977, ICARDA (www.icarda.cgiar.org) serves the entire developing world for the improvement of barley, lentil, and faba bean; and dry-area developing countries for the on-farm management of water, improvement of nutrition and productivity of small ruminants (sheep and goats), and rehabilitation and management of rangelands. In the Central and West Asia and North Africa (CWANA) region, ICARDA is responsible for the improvement of durum and bread wheats, chickpea, pasture and forage legumes and farming systems; and for the protection and enhancement of the natural resource base of water, land, and biodiversity.

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) (www.cgiar.org) is a strategic alliance of 62 members and 16 Future Harvest Centers that mobilizes cutting-edge science to promote sustainable development by reducing hunger and poverty, improving human nutrition and health, and protecting the environment.
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