Scope, potential and limitations

  •         The crop has unique tolerance ability against stress environmental conditions not only drought but also for water logging. In addition to use as dal and chapatti, it is usually grown as fodder crop.
  •       Lathyrus fixes biological nitrogen in the range of 36-48 kg / ha for the use of succeeding cereal crop. This also provides 10-15 quintals / ha plant residues.
  •     Biotic stresses including powdery mildew (Erysiphe pisi), rust (Uromyces fabae), downy mildew (Peronospora lathyri-palustris), thrips (Caliothrips indicus) and abiotic factors including moisture and waterlogging stress, which reduce yield potential by 15%–25%