Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology (Jan 2009)

IAC Jabola and IAC Esperança: common bean cultivars for market niches

  • Alisson Fernando Chiorato,
  • Sérgio Augusto Morais Carbonell,
  • Cássia Regina Limonta Carvalho,
  • Eliana Francischinelli Perina,
  • João Guilherme Ribeiro Gonçalves,
  • Edson Ulisses Ramos Junior,
  • Marcio Akira Ito,
  • Rogério Soares de Freitas,
  • Marcelo Ticelli,
  • Joaquim Adelino de Azevedo Filho

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 2
pp. 199 – 201

Abstract

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In Brazil, the trade of common beans with specialty grains such as Jalo, Bolinha, Jabola, Vermelho, Rajado,Branco, Pintado and Canário is still considered a niche market when compared to the carioca and black grain types.However, the cultivation of these beans has proved promising as an alternative income source for farmers, since it offers adifferentiated and more valuable product. IAC-Jabola and IAC-Esperança were developed by the Instituto AgronômicoCampinas (IAC) in view of their excellent grain type, plant size and higher mean yield than the standard control Jalo Precoce.The IAC had these cultivars registered in MAPA/RNC based on results of 24 VCU trials in 2005/2006/2007, in the state of SãoPaulo. The yield of IAC Jabola was 2124 kg ha-1, 2336 kg ha-1, and 2558 kg ha-1, in the rainy, dry and winter seasons,respectively. The IAC- Esperança produced 1718 kg ha-1, 1545 kg ha-1, and 2263 kg ha-1 in the rainy, dry and winter seasons,respectively.

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