Neutrally tasting, high protein and low fat pea varieties

A pea plant or a part thereof that has high protein content, low fat content and neutral taste, the pea plant comprising:

• a plurality of loci associated with a corresponding plurality quantitative trait loci (QTLs) having a corresponding plurality of nucleic acid genetic markers that are associated with a plurality of phenotypic traits of the pea plant, the phenotypic traits including high yield, high protein, low fat and neutral taste traits, wherein:
• the phenotypic traits comprise a high protein content of the seeds of at least 29% w/w dry base, a low fat content of the seeds of at most 2% w/w dry base, and the neutral taste characterized by moderate to very mild off flavors in a qualitative tasting test and associated with reduced level of volatile compounds associated with off flavors,
• the plurality of QTLs and corresponding markers comprise at least three QTLs and corresponding markers, of at least one of the following cassettes:
• cassette 1 comprising:
• the QTL and marker associated with the increased yield trait comprise QTL 1 with corresponding markers set forth in Seq. IDs 1 or 2, and the pea plant or part thereof is homozygous with respect to Seq. ID 1 or heterozygous at QTL 1,
• the QTL and marker associated with the low fat content trait comprise QTL 2 with corresponding markers set forth in Seq. IDs 3 or 4, and the pea plant or part thereof is homozygous with respect to Seq. ID 3 or heterozygous at QTL 2, and
• the QTL and marker associated with the increased yield trait and with a neutral taste trait comprise QTL 3 with corresponding markers set forth in Seq. IDs 5 or 6, and the pea plant or part thereof is homozygous with respect to Seq. ID 5 or heterozygous at QTL 3;
• at least one of cassettes 2, 3, 4, 8, 9 or 10 comprising the QTL and marker associated with the neutral taste trait comprise QTL 4 with corresponding markers set forth in Seq. IDs 7 or 8, and the pea plant or part thereof is homozygous with respect to Seq. ID 7 or heterozygous at QTL 4;
• and/or
• at least one of cassettes 5-10 comprising the QTL and marker associated with the neutral taste trait comprise QTL 13 with corresponding markers set forth in Seq. IDs 25 or 26, and the pea plant or part thereof is homozygous with respect to Seq. ID 25 or heterozygous at QTL 13.