We tested the effects of several processing methods on the nutritional value of faba beans. Nutritional assessment was based on chemical analyses of legume protein content and on the digestive and metabolic utilization in rats. Protein content in Vicia faba (V. faba) was 28%, and the supply of essential amino acids, except for sulfur-containing acids, was sufficient to cover the rat’s nutrition...

Five faba bean genotypes (Vicia faba L.) were selfed for two cycles to produce S1 and S2 generations. A half-diallel cross was carried out among them in each level of inbreeding (S0, S1 and S2) to obtain 10 F1 hybrids. Parental materials as well as their respective F1s were evaluated during the winter season of 2012. All studied traits except total dry seed yield showed significant inbreeding d...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is the most widely distributed in soil and can make a symbiosis with roots of host plants to form arbuscular symbionts. Intercropping practice polyculture cropping where two or more plant species are simultaneously cultivated same field. The objective this study was define effect intercropping on density diversity spores. In study, potatoes faba beans, both wh...

The influence of γrays on genetic variability is in direct correlation with the condition of irradiated material. Here we tried to increase the variability of Vicia faba L. var. major karyotype, after contamination with I (a kind of radioactive rain) in elongation phase in ten plant groups. The effects of irradiation were observed not only by controlling mitotic activity and calculating mitotic...