Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Dec 2016)

BRS FC402: high-yielding common bean cultivar with carioca grain, resistance to anthracnose and fusarium wilt

  • Leonardo Cunha Melo,
  • Helton Santos Pereira,
  • Luís Cláudio de Faria,
  • Thiago Lívio Pessoa Oliveira de Souza,
  • Adriane Wendland,
  • José Luis Cabrera Díaz,
  • Hélio Wilson Lemos de Carvalho,
  • Carlos Lásaro Pereira de Melo,
  • Antônio Félix da Costa,
  • Mariana Cruzick de Souza Magaldi,
  • Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da Costa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1984-70332017v17n1c11
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. 67 – 71

Abstract

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BRS FC402 is a common bean cultivar of the carioca-grain group with commercial grain quality, suitable for cultivation in 21 Brazilian states. Cultivar has a normal cycle (85-94 days), high yield potential (4479 kg ha-1), 10.1% higher mean yield than the controls (2462 kg ha-1) and resistance to fusarium wilt and anthracnose.

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