Description:
'Green Dixie Blackeye' was developed using a pedigree breeding procedure that included a single cross and repeated single-plant selections. The original cross involved "Bettergreen', a cream-type peas with green-colored cotyledons, and 'Bettergro Blackeye', a blackeye-type pea with cream-colored cotyledons. Intense selection pressure was applied in the F2 through F9 generations for the green cotyledon phenotype and blackeye-type seed characteristics. 'Green Dixie Blackeye' originated as a bulk of an F9 population grown in 1994