This investment in field pea breeding will deliver superior new varieties with increased reliability and profitability for field pea growers. The specific traits of high priority include: high yield potential across and within the major production regions for field pea, yield reliability particularly in low rainfall or short season climates, improved harvesting efficiency, reduce harvest losses caused by pod shattering, selection for flowering time and flowering duration that suits lower rainfall climates where peas are the preferred pulse crop, multiple disease resistance to Ascochyta bacterial blight, downy mildew, powdery mildew, bean leaf roll virus, pea seed-borne mosaic virus, tolerance to high soil boron and soil salinity, frost damage and drought.