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Chapter
Common Bean Genetics, Breeding, and Genomics for Adaptation to Changing to New Agri-environmental Conditions
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) has become, over the last 20 years, a competitive crop in national, regional, and international markets. This situation presents a dynamic environment for producers and researc...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Wild and Primitive Common Bean Populations in the Germplasm Collection at the MBG-CSIC
In the Misión Biológica de Galicia, Spanish National Research Council (MBG-CSIC) there is a germplasm collection of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) that includes wild and cultivated accessions. In the case of...
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Article
Integration of genome and phenotypic scanning gives evidence of genetic structure in Mesoamerican common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces from the southwest of Europe
Southwestern Europe has been considered as a secondary centre of genetic diversity for the common bean. The dispersal of domesticated materials from their centres of origin provides an experimental system that...
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Article
Genetic Diversity among Wild Common Beans from Northwestern Argentina Based on Morpho-agronomic and RAPD Data
The genetic diversity among 10 wild populations of common bean Phaseolus vulgaris var. aborigineus was analyzed by means of RAPD markers and morpho-agronomic data. The study was performed ...
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Article
Performance of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Landraces from Spain in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Environments
Ninety-five common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) landraces from Spain were evaluated in three different environments in northern Spain for their agronomic performance and seed quality. Significant differences amon...
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Article
Field performance of natural narrow-leafed lupin from the northwestern Spain
Narrow-leafed lupin or lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.) is one of the three species of the genus Lupinus that grows naturally in Galicia (northwestern Spain). In this region, with more than one million of cattle...
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Article
Improvement of large-seeded common bean cultivars under sustainable crop** systems in Spain
Approaches are needed to broaden the genetic base and improve earliness and yield potential of large-seeded beans under sustainable crop** systems. The objective of this research was to develop adapted dwarf...
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Article
Agronomical and quality traits of runner bean germplasm and implications for breeding
White runner bean landraces are greatly appreciated in the North highlands of Spain due to their excellent culinary seed quality. Runner bean cultivars are grown like pole beans. Diversity within a runner bean...
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Article
A core collection of common bean from the Iberian peninsula
Characterization of crop germplasm from specific regions helps understand the patterns of genetic variation that facilitates further germplasm collection, characterization, management and their more efficient ...
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Article
Variation in traits affecting nodulation of common bean under intercrop** with maize and sole crop**
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), an important food crop in Europe, America, Africa and Asia, is thought to fix only small amounts of atmospheric nitrogen. It contributes significantly to the sustainability of...
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Article
Diversity of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) germplasm from Portugal
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgarisL.) is a traditional crop in Portugal, where farmers growvarieties selected and maintained by themselves. A collection of 88landraces of common bean was evaluated for 17 quantitativ...
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Article
Interrelationships between crop** systems for pod and seed quality components and breeding implications in common bean
Breeding programmes in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) have mainly focused on performance under monoculture conditions. Interactions among cultivars and crop** systems do occur and genotypes bred for pure c...
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Article
Genetic diversity in pod and seed quality traits of common bean populations from northwestern Spain
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important food in the northwest of Spain where it is consumed as either green pods or dry seeds after cooking. Quality properties play a major role in cultivar accepta...
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Article
Nutritional and culinary quality of bush bean populations intercropped with maize
The intererop** of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and maize (Zea mays L.) is a common practice in the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. In this experiment, 25 populations of bush bean were evaluated for ...
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Article
Numerical taxonomy of Iberian pea landraces based on quantitative and qualitative characters
A multivariate statistical method was applied on 19 quantitative and 11 qualitative traits in order to classify 105 pea landraces from the Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Ten elite cultivars were used as c...
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Article
Diversity in agronomical traits in common bean populations from Northwestern Spain
Fifty-six populations of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) were grown in Pontevedra (Northwestern Spain) in four different environments in order to study their genetic diversity in 18 agronomical traits. All ch...
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Article
Relationships among American and Spanish populations of maize
Two experiments were carried out with two objectives. First, to establish the phenetic relationships among the maize (Zea mays L.) landraces from Galicia (Northwestern Spain) maintained at the Misión Biológica de...
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Article
Evaluation of Pisum sativum landraces from the northwest of the Iberian peninsula and their breeding value
Seventy two landraces of green and sugar pea (Pisum sativum), plus four elite commercial cultivars as controls, were evaluated in 1989–1990 for 19 quantitative traits. The landraces show a broad diversity in most...
