Cultivation

Pea Silage and Haylage

Pisum sativum L.

Peas are a difficult-to-ensile protein crop that requires cultivation in mixed stands with cereals to optimize composition and facilitate harvesting. The preservation process is challenging due to low sugar content, necessitating mandatory wilting or the use of biological additives.

In the reference 24 varieties crop Pea, where this is mentioned in the description.

When harvesting peas for silage and haylage, the standard practice is to use mixed crops with oats, barley, or wheat. The cereal component provides the necessary carbohydrate balance for high-quality fermentation, increases stand resistance to lodging, and simplifies mechanized harvesting.

Due to low sugar levels, peas are prone to butyric acid fermentation; therefore, haylage production with wilting of the mass to a moisture content of 45–55% is the preferred method. To control the pH level to optimal values of 3.8–3.9, biological preservatives are applied during harvesting.

The optimal stage for harvesting is considered the beginning of pod filling. Although earlier developmental stages provide higher crude protein and metabolizable energy content, they impose extremely high requirements for strict adherence to the preservation technological process.

General information about the subject — on the page Silage and haylage.

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Varieties of Pea mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Nitouche

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

The United States Government as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

DE DK EE FI HU LT +2

22 records

Bohatýr

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

SPAETH HANS| Dr. Hans Rolf Spaeth

AT BG CZ DE DK HU +3

21 records

Herold

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Selgen a.s., CZ

AT CZ DE DK HR SK

10 records

Terno

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Selgen a.s., CZ

AT CZ FR PL UA

10 records

Javlo

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

SAS FLORIMOND DESPREZ VEUVE and FILS

FR PL SK

10 records

Poneka

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

VEG SAATZUCHT

AT DE DK FR HR SI

8 records

Racer

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Innoseeds B.V.

CZ NL

9 records

Setchey

Terminated

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Innoseeds B.V.

FR NL

7 records

Minerva

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

W A CHURCH (BURES) LTD

DK NL

5 records

Andrea

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

SELGEN A.S

AT CZ SK

7 records

Helium

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Werner Horn

DK UA

8 records

Icicle

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

ProGene Plant Research LLC

6 records

Fiji

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Limagrain UK

4 records

Osjecki Zeleni

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Poljoprivredni Institut Osijek, HR

5 records

Capella

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Nilsson, Bengt

EE SE

6 records

Jermu

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Boreal Plant Breeding

FI LT

5 records

Pleven 4

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

S. Sachanski, D. Stefanova, P. Boteva

4 records

IFK Tandem

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Todor Kertikov, Daniela Kertikova

3 records

Nany

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

3 records

Lenca

Active

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

2 records

Pablo

Application submitted

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Poljoprivredni Institut Osijek, HR

1 record

NS-dunav

Withdrawn

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

NS ratarstvo (YU)

1 record

Zv'iahel`s`ka

Terminated

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Vorona Leontii Ivanovych, Chernus`ka Tamara Andriivna, Chernus`kyi Vadym Viktorovych, Ratoshniuk Viktor Ivanovych, Ratoshniuk Ivan IUriiovych, Koval`ov Vitalii Borysovych, Vyshnevs`ka Oksana Vasylivna, Ivaniuk Volodymyr Oleksiiovych,

1 record

ŠAMPION

Protection expired

Pisum sativum L. · Pea

Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za sjemenarstvo (HR)

1 record