Regional variability in Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Abstract

Within the enlargement of the collections of the Agrobotanical Garden and Herbarium of the Agrobotanical Institute "Dr. P. Groza" Cluj-Napoca, the regional variability of Phaseolus species (P. vulgaris L. and P. multiflorus Lamk.) cultivated in present's plots in different regions of Transylvania (Romania) have been studied, in accordance with the general principles emphasized by national and international organizations (2, 3). Our Phaseolus collection is represented now by voucher specimens field in the Agrobotanical herbarium of the Institute (CLA 25.794-25.919) and more than 1000 seed samples of ecologically adapted (local) populations or recognized agricultural varieties collected for comparation or cultivation. Some of this samples may be placed at the disposal of the interested research workers by Index Seminum Horti agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 1977/1978.

Keywords

• variability
• Phaseolus species
• varieties