PLSC 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Snack, Pea, Trypsin Inhibitor
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Wrinkled pea- the seed coat is wrinkled when it looses moisture. We do not want this in dry peas. We don"t grow them here because they take a long growing season and they need lots of moisture. Rounded seeded used for food and feed. Wrinkled seeded which are harvested immature and used for freezing and canning. Peas may have a yellow or green cotyledon under a white or pale green seed coat. Lower quality of both yellow and green are sold as feed. Most of the canadian peas are exported to europe, asia, and south america. In sk used for livestock, small amount into pea bre. Lysine - the amino acids missing in the cereal crops. Peas have trypsin inhibitors which prevent compete digestion and utilization but at lower levels than soybean. This is why they are good for livestock feed. The have leaves but there is no leaf tissue, they have turned into tendrils.
