الفهرس 
Breeding methods:
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Abstract
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is one of the most important seed legumes in prone regions of North and East Africa, especially in Egypt and common in Northern provinces of Sudan along the Nile Vally. Not only because of its high protein content had that ranged from 24% to 33% (Winch, 2006) but also because of its use in preparing several local dishes. It plays an important role in world agriculture, owing to ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen capacity to grow and yield well on marginal lands. In Egypt, there is a possibility of increasing the cultivated area. Therefore, it is important to obtain higher yielding varieties through breeding programs for the new reclaimed areas under rain-fed condition. The breeder should know the type of gene action of the quantitative traits because this is the main determinate in the choice of selection and breeding procedures. The national faba bean area in 2020/21 season was about 120.000 feddan with an averages productivity of 281.000 ton with an average seed yield of 10 ardab/fadden (one ardab=155 kg) which covers about 41% of our essential need human consumption.1 Faba bean could share the importance with wheat as a winter crop. It brings the plant breeder’s attention to breed faba bean suitable to grow in arid condition with high yielding ability, high total protein content and early maturity. However, successful breeding program will depend on magnitude of genetic variation in the population. Moreover, reliable estimates of genetic and environmental variations will be helpful to estimate heritability and consequently predict genetic advance from selection.