Effect of sowing dates on biochemical parameters of edible pod pea genotypes

Abstract

Edible pod pea which includes snow pea (Pisum sativum
var. saccharatum) and sugar snap pea (Pisum sativum
var. macrocarpon) is one of the popular cool season
oriental vegetable which shares the cultivation pattern
with the garden pea. The pods are mildly flavoured, lack
pod parchment or fibre and can be eaten together as
plump pods along with partially developed seeds usually
by removing the tough strings along the edges of pods
as salad, lightly boiled, steamed or used in ‘stir-fry’ and
other dishes. At the global level, garden pea covers an
area of about 2.67 million hectares with a production of
20.70 million metric tonnes and productivity of 7.75
metric tonnes/ha (Anonymous 2017).