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Europe showed that it does not produce seed of a sufficiently high yield in order to become economically feasible. The reasons for the low yield are its low potential for accumulation of dry matterdue to a low LAI, its indeterminate growth habit, and a high proportion of pod wall relative to seed.

FROST ANSWER!!
In its region of origin, the Andes, L. mutabilis is cultivated at altitudes upto 3800 masl. L. mutabilis is resistant to frost during the period of grain filling

HIGH ALTITUDES
The use of legumes as cover crops during the fallow period, in order to recover soil fertility,could be an option (Wheeler et al. 1999). For high elevations near 3800 m, only Vicia villosa subsp. dasycarpa and V. faba of Bolivia are potentially adapted. These two species, in addition to L.mutabilis and V. faba of Nepal, are crops of potential cover for use to around 3500 masl.

INIAP, Ecuador, has done most, and published a CD on the production, post-harvest and agro-industry of the crop(Peralta and Ayala 2001).

Recently, a workshop was held in Bolivia, with participants from universities and research institutions from Bolivia and neighbouring Peru and Argentina, in order to defineminor crops with a major potential for production, use and market sale. Andean lupin was selected as one of the crops on which to focus (Jacobsen et al. 2004).

RESEARCH
This means that mechanismsthat define plant structure, and the relationship between structure of the crop and the efficiency of light interception, should be analysed in order to decide whether L. mutabilis could be analternative for areas outside the Andes (Hardy et al. 1997).

Seems possible to expand scope at the moment, but unknown…

In its area of origin, plant development is affected by low temperatures,especially towards maturity. However, in Europe, low temperatures affect L. mutabilis during the first growth phases, causing plant death (López-Bellido 1992). This limits the adaptation of L. mutabilis...