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Traditional spring-sown lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in highlands of Turkey gives low yield (about 1000 kg/ha). The main characteristic of these areas is a long winter season with high snowfall. A profitable alternative would be the introduction of winter sowing of lentil. However, a shift in the lentil sowing time from spring to winter would require cold- tolerant cultivars for successful over-wintering of the crop. Thus, development of cold-tolerant varieties that can be safely grown on the Turkish highland is of high priority. A single-plant selection procedure was used to identify winter-hardy lentil varieties adapted to Anatolian Highland. A total of 156 Turkish landraces with quality properties meeting consumer and market requirements were collected in Southeastern Anatolia and winter-planted in the place of their origin. A total of 5064 single plants from 156 landrace collections were selected in 1991. 880 and 340 lines were selected for cold tolerance and some morphologic traits in 92/93 and 93/94 crop season respectively. In 1994/95-crop season, 14 yield trials were conducted in Haymana (1050 m above the see level) and Sivas (1350 m above the see level). In the fall of 1995, 180 selected lines and 2 check varieties were planted with three replications at four locations (Haymana, Yozgat, Konya and Sivas), out of which 45 lines were selected for higher cold tolerance, yield and desirable agronomic traits. In the fall of 1996, the selected 45 lines were planted and observed for several traits at 4 locations. Central Research Institute for Field Crops' (CRIFC) lines, accession number TUR 01261 (AkM 196), TUR01661 (AkM302) and TUR01174(AkM 62), were evaluated in Haymana, Yozgat, Konya and Karaman locations in the highland of Anatolia from 1997 to 2000. Three lines were registered as winter lentil varieties.

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0409|AGRIS 0401|AL-Maize Program

Juan Carlos Mendieta

CIMMYT Publications Collection