Knowledge, access, and use of diversity available in cultivated and wild relatives are
essential for broadening the genetic base of cultivars to sustain improvement. My objectives …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) improvement programs have been successful using
conventional breeding methods to accomplish a wide array of important objectives. Specific …

Dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) of the Andean gene pool, including red mottled, kidney,
cranberry, and yellow seed types are important in Africa and the Americas. Andean dry bean …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding programs aim to improve both agronomic
and seed characteristics traits. However, the genetic architecture of the many traits that affect …

Genetic diversity within a common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) collection, comprising 343
accessions from the Iberian Peninsula, was examined using six allozyme markers. Two …

Strategies employed by dry bean breeders to improve yield include early generation testing,
ideotype breeding, selection for physiological efficiency, and selection based on genotypic …

Des marqueurs RAPD (ADN polymorphe amplifié au hasard), microsatellites (SSR) et ISSR
(«inter-simple sequence repeat») ont été employés pour évaluer les relations génétiques …

M13 DNA fingerprinting was used to determine evolutionary changes that occurred in Latin
American germ plasm and USA cultivars of commonbean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) during …

Next generation sequence data provides valuable information and tools for genetic and
genomic research and offers new insights useful for marker development. This data is useful …