GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF COMMON BEAN ACCESSIONS

摘要

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plays essential role in the diet of several countries, especially those in tropical and subtropical regions, such as Asia, Africa, Europe, and Americas (Broughton et al., 2003; McClean et al., 2008). Brazil is reasoned as a secondary center for diversity, as common bean accessions are distributed along its territory with valuable source of genes (Andean and Mesoamerican). Consequently, evolution studies and breeding programs benefit from these genes (Burle et al.,2010). The present work evaluated accessions from the Active Bean Germplasm Bank (BGB) for different agronomic traits in order to show their feasibility and encourage their use in breeding programs of Nupagri (UEM).