Grain legumes, such as soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.), pea (Pisum sativum L.), faba bean (Vicia faba L.), lupins (Lupinus spp.), common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) and grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.), represent one of the most quality and least expensive solutions for a long-term demand for plant protein in animal husbandry. One of the limitations to an increased use of grain legumes as feed is t...

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Background: Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is valued for its high dietary protein content, degree of adaptability under extreme conditions, disease resistance and low input requirement cultivation. This species represented by several sub-species important varieties which are not well distinguishable their morphological characters. The objective present study was to determine the cultivar diffe...

After twenty years of transformation of Finnish mental health care, in the late 80s and early 90s of the last century, incidence of schizophrenia in Western Lapland dropped from 35/100,000 to 7/100,000. This phenomenon is linked with Yrjo O. Alanen et al. who investigated schizophrenia treatment outcomes and psychosocial rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia. Investigators focused on an i...

he forage legume cicera chickling (Lathyrus cicera (L.) D.C.) disributed in Mediterranean region is gaining importance in terms f economy and agriculture in Turkey. However, full potential of he legume has to be realized yet due to the presence of neuotoxin, -N-oxalyl-l-a, -diaminopropionoc acid (ODAP) causing athyrism. This study aimed to develop efficient micropropagation ystem using longitud...