Preliminary evaluation of scarlet bean landraces from Spain

Scarlet bean (Phaseolus coccineus) is a frequent crop in small farms and gardens in the North of Spain and Portugal. In spite of the fact of its reduced contribution to the overall production of bean in these countries, some landraces have importance in these areas as a traditional crop for self con...

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Autores: Martínez Rivas, Tala, Santalla Ferradás, Marta, Ron Pedreira, Antonio Miguel de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2002
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/3927
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3927
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Phaseolus coccineus
Landraces
Variety trials
Agronomic traits
Spain
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Sumario:Scarlet bean (Phaseolus coccineus) is a frequent crop in small farms and gardens in the North of Spain and Portugal. In spite of the fact of its reduced contribution to the overall production of bean in these countries, some landraces have importance in these areas as a traditional crop for self consumption or sale in local markets (Campion and Servetti, 1991; Zeven, 1993). This species deserves also special attention due to the possibility of being a germplasm source to transfer to common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) resistance to diseases (Vanderborgt, 1983) as well as tolerance to some abiotic stresses. In addition, selection in a P. vulgaris x P. coccineus progeny for increased outcrossing could be an interesting objective of breeding.