Variability in Productive and Biochemical Traits of Vicia faba L. Landraces from Apulia Region (South Italy)

De Cillis, Francesca; Ruta, Claudia; Pulvento, Cataldo; Tedone, Luigi; De Mastro, Giuseppe

doi:10.3390/horticulturae9050601

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Variability in Productive and Biochemical Traits of Vicia faba L. Landraces from Apulia Region (South Italy)

by

Francesca De Cillis

,

Claudia Ruta

,

Cataldo Pulvento

,

Luigi Tedone

^*

and

Giuseppe De Mastro

Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via G. Amendola 165/a, 70126 Bari, Italy

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Horticulturae 2023, 9(5), 601; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9050601

Submission received: 28 February 2023 / Revised: 4 May 2023 / Accepted: 16 May 2023 / Published: 19 May 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Bioactive Compounds in Horticultural Plants)

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The faba bean (Vicia faba L. var. major) is a pulse that is garnering attention for its chemical composition, which makes it suitable for a healthy diet. The Apulian germplasm is rich in local accessions at risk of genetic erosion, which need evaluating and promoting. Thirteen Vicia faba local Landraces have been analyzed in relation to their productivity and their chemical and biochemical characteristics: their protein, total phenol, total flavonoid, condensate tannin and L-DOPA levels. The results showed great variability—above all in the thousand-seeds weight and in their content of proteins and L-DOPA. Among the accessions evaluated, the two collected from the most southern area of the region (FV12-FV10) were particularly promising—both for their good biochemical traits and, especially, for the higher L-DOPA content (0.46 and 0.49 g 100 g⁻¹ d.m., respectively), even when expressed in terms of yield per plant (116.3 and 153.0 mg plant⁻¹ d.m., respectively).

Keywords: faba bean; landraces; grain production; proteins; total phenols; total flavonoids; L-DOPA

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De Cillis, F.; Ruta, C.; Pulvento, C.; Tedone, L.; De Mastro, G. Variability in Productive and Biochemical Traits of Vicia faba L. Landraces from Apulia Region (South Italy). Horticulturae 2023, 9, 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9050601

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De Cillis F, Ruta C, Pulvento C, Tedone L, De Mastro G. Variability in Productive and Biochemical Traits of Vicia faba L. Landraces from Apulia Region (South Italy). Horticulturae. 2023; 9(5):601. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9050601

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De Cillis, Francesca, Claudia Ruta, Cataldo Pulvento, Luigi Tedone, and Giuseppe De Mastro. 2023. "Variability in Productive and Biochemical Traits of Vicia faba L. Landraces from Apulia Region (South Italy)" Horticulturae 9, no. 5: 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9050601

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De Cillis, F., Ruta, C., Pulvento, C., Tedone, L., & De Mastro, G. (2023). Variability in Productive and Biochemical Traits of Vicia faba L. Landraces from Apulia Region (South Italy). Horticulturae, 9(5), 601. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9050601

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