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In the conditions of the Republic of Belarus there was presented results of seed production adapted and new varieties of vegetable pea (Pisum), including 39 samples, selected the most valuable ones for this indicator, and identified donors and sources of basic agronomic characters – leafless, nonshattering seeds, resistance to lodging, limited linear stem growth, etc. The following recognized in the republic varieties were taken were chosen as the standards for the comparison: in early-maturing group –Sfera; of mid maturing – Vlad; and late maturing one - Betafortuna. Thus, in the course of the studies there was determined seed productivity of recognized and new varieties, and also it was found that the existing assortment of the recognized range of varieties of vegetable pea could be characterised by a sufficiently large morphophysiological variety and could be successfully used in breeding to create new varieties. The data obtained can be used in breeding to create high-tech and vegetable varieties of peas.
