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Genetic diversity and phaseolin variation in Portuguese common bean landraces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 February 2009
Abstract
A collection of 18 landraces of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from northern Portugal was evaluated for both phaseolin pattern and a set of qualitative and quantitative traits. The phaseolin Contender and Tendergreen types were the most commonly occurring, with Boyaca and Huevo de Huanchaco present, but rare. The colour of the flower standard and wing, and seed shape, colour and size were all highly variable. On the basis of morphological traits, the landraces and testers clustered into two main groups. No relationship was found between phaseolin profile and any of the quantitative traits measured. Based on phaseolin patterns, the origin of Portuguese common bean populations was probably the Andean region of South America.
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