Glossary:Dry pulses and protein crops
Dry pulses and protein crops are sown and harvested mainly for their protein content. This term should be limited to crops harvested for dry grain only, regardless of use, and exclude crops harvested green for forage, used as grazing or as green manure.
Includes
- Field peas (Pisum sativum L. convar. sativum or Pisum sativum L. convar. arvense L. or convar. speciosum)
- Broad and field beans (Faba vulgaris (Moench) syn. Vicia faba L. (partim))
- Sweet lupins (Lupinus spp.)
- Dry common beans / French beans / haricot beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
- Runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus L.)
- Lentils (Lens culinaris Medikus (syn. esculenta, syn. Ervum lens syn. Lens orientalis L.)
- Chickling vetch (Lathyrus cicera L.)
- Chick peas (Cicer arietinum L.)
- Vetches (Vicia sativa L, Vicia pannonica Crants, Vicia villosa Roth syn. Vicia varia Host)
- All pulses and protein crops harvested dry for grain, regardless of the use
- dry pulses used for fodder
- dry pulses used for human consumption
- dry pulses used for renewable energy production
- Other protein crops sown in pure crops or as mixtures with cereals harvested dry for grain
Excludes
- Protein crops harvested green (not dry) if they are used for human consumption, such as fresh beans or fresh peas (V0000_S0000; V5000 in ACS)
- Protein crops harvested green (not dry) if the whole plant is harvested green and used for fodder, renewable energy or other purposes (G2000)
