Table 1 Classification of lentil accessions
Level | Country | Usual cropping season | Flowering time (month) | Natural daylength during flowering in country of origin (h) | Number of accessions | Latitude |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Ethiopia | Rainy | November–December | 12–13 | 3 | 9° |
India | Summer & Rainy | August | 12–14 | 1 | 20° | |
Medium | Chile | Spring | December-January | 13–14 | 13 | 30° |
Morocco | Autumn | April–May | 13–14 | 27 | 32° | |
Iran | Autumn | March | 13–14 | 4 | 32° | |
Afghanistan | Autumn | February | 13–14 | 3 | 33° | |
Greece | Autumn | February | 12–14 | 3 | 39° | |
Turkey | Autumn | April | 12–14 | 6 | 39° | |
Italy | Autumn | April–May | 12–14 | 6 | 39° | |
High | Armenia | Spring | June | 14–15 | 1 | 40° |
Montenegro | Spring | May | 14–15 | 2 | 42° | |
Serbia | Spring | May | 14–15 | 2 | 44° | |
Ukraine | Spring | June | 15–16 | 1 | 49° | |
Belgium | Spring | May | 16–17 | 5 | 51° | |
Russia | Spring | June | 17–18 | 3 | 60° |