Living lab Leg-ItSwitz
ITALY & SWITZERLAND
WHITE LUPIN
- Lupinus albus -
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Varieties of d'interest
General information
Name: Recarati
Type of variety: Pure line
Characteristics of interest: Ancient variety grown in the Marches (in Italy)
Registered in the official catalog: Yes
Appearance:Growth form of the plant: determinate. Habit: erect. Plant height: 135 cm. Leaves: composed of a long petiole bearing 7/9 ovate-lanceolate leaflets at the top. In our case hairless on the page upper and slightly velvety on that inferior. Flowers: white, medium large, grouped in racemes in the terminal part of the of the stem and its ramifications.
Biophysical environment
Soil type: Sandy / silty
Climate type: Average rainfall 800mm, 20°C
Topography: Plain, coastline, small mountains
Environmental Tolerance
Drought tolerance: Medium
Disease resistance and mycotoxin: Very high resistance to fungal diseases.
Weed Competition: Medium
Agronomic characteristics
Sowing period: November
Earliness at flowering: Medium
Earliness at maturity: Medium
Harvest period: July
Nitrogen requirements: None
Yield level compared to species average: Medium
Processing Information:
Destination: Snack, cream
Nutritional value: Good protein rate
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Interest in short chains: Yes, possible to do direct sales
Ethnobotanical information
Cultivated in the municipality of Roncarati in the Marche region, an ancient/heritage variety preserved by local farmers.
General information
Name: Arsenio
Type of variety: inbred line
Characteristics of interest: High drought tolerance. Widely adapted to Mediterranean environments (autumn sowing) and subcontinental-climate environments (preferably late-winter sowing).
Registered in the official catalogue : Yes (in Italy)
Appearance: Flower: white-pale bluish. Growth habit: indeterminate. Plant height: tall semi-dwarf. Flowering time: intermediate. Moderately high lodging tolerance
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Earliness at flowering: Medium
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Harvest period: July
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Yield level compared to species average: Yield advantage of 5 to 50% over other cultivars.
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Ethnobotanical information
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