Introduction of novel legume crops in Serbia: White lupin (Lupinus albus)

Abstract

The renewed interest in introducing white lupin in Serbia is its high crude protein content in grain dry matter of nearly 400 g kg-1, which makes it a potential supplement for soybean meal in animal feeding. The only collection of white and other lupins in Serbia is maintained at Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad, with about 200 accessions of 10 species, containing about 70 accessions of white lupin. The accessions with high tolerance to alkaline soil reaction of about pH=8 in a carbonated chernozem in Novi Sad regularly formed two orders of pods and grains and produced grain yields of more than 5 t ha-1, 45 t ha-1 of green forage and 8 t ha-1 of forage dry matter. The first Serbian white lupin breeding programme carried out at Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad has resulted in developing cultivars Vesna and Panorama, registered in 2008.

Razlog za obnovu zanimanja za uvođenjem bele lupine u Srbiju jeste visok sadržaj sirovih proteina u suvoj materiji zrna od skoro 400 g kg-1, čineći je mogućim dodatkom sojinom brašnu u ishrani domaćih životinja. Jedina zbirka bele i ostalih lupina u Srbiji održava se u Institutu za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo u Novom Sadu, sa oko 200 akcesija 10 vrsta, od čega je 70 akcesija bele lupine. Akcesije sa velikom tolerantnošću na alkalnu reakciju zemljišnog rastvora, poput one od oko 8 na černozemu u Novom Sadu, uobičajeno obrazuju dva reda mahuna i zrna, te ostvaruju prinose od više od 5 t ha-1 zrna, 45 t ha-1 zelene krme i 8 t ha-1 suve materije krme. Prvi srpski program oplemenjivanja bele lupine, koji se odvija u Institutu za ratarstvo i povrtarstvo u Novom Sadu, iznedrio je sorte Vesna i Panorama priznate 2008.