Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Jan 2013)

BRS Esteio - Common bean cultivar with black grain, high yield potential and moderate resistance to anthracnose

  • Helton Santos Pereira,
  • Leonardo Cunha Melo,
  • Luís Cláudio de Faria,
  • Adriane Wendland,
  • Maria José Del Peloso,
  • Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da Costa,
  • Adriano Stephan Nascente,
  • José Luis Cabrera Díaz,
  • Hélio Wilson Lemos de Carvalho,
  • Válter Martins de Almeida,
  • Carlos Lásaro Pereira de Melo,
  • Antônio Félix da Costa,
  • Sheila Cristina Prucoli Posse,
  • Mariana Cruzick de Souza Magaldi,
  • Ângela de Fátima Barbosa Abreu,
  • Cléber Moraes Guimarães,
  • Jaison Pereira de Oliveira,
  • José Aloísio Alves Moreira,
  • Maurício Martins,
  • Benedito Fernandes de Souza Filho

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 373 – 376

Abstract

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BRS Esteio is a common bean cultivar with black grains of excellent cooking quality, suited for cultivation in 21 BrazilianStates. In 77 trials of Value for Cultivation and Use, the cultivar had a normal cycle (90 days), an average yield of 2,529 kg ha-1,which is 8.1% higher than that of the control cultivars, a high yield potential (4,702 kg ha-1), upright growth, tolerance to lodging,and moderate resistance to anthracnose.

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