Volume 7
Issue 1
Horticulture
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume7/issue1/horticulture/abs-08.html
VARIABILITY OF SELECTED CHARACTERS OF 18 LOCAL POPULATIONS OF BEAN (PHASEOLUS SSP.)
Hołubowicz Roman, Tomasz W. Bralewski, Maria Fiebig, Sławomir Bocian
ABSTRACT
In the years 1999-2001 at August Cieszkowski Agricultural University of Poznań the selected characters of 18 local populations of bean (Phaseolus ssp.) were tested. These were dwarf types grown for dry seeds. The tested materials came from submontane areas of Poland, Slovak and Ukraine. As the standard, the Polish cultivar ‘Igołomska’ was used. The following characters were evaluated: plant height, height of setting of the first pod, beginning and length of the blooming period, time needed to get useful and physiological ripenesses, mean number of pods per plant, total seed yield per plant, pod’s length and width, thickness of the pod`s wall, numbers of seeds per pod, seed colour and 1000 seeds weight. The resistance to antracnose [Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. et Magn) Briosi] and halo blight [Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (Burkh.) Young, Dye] were also evaluated. The tested materials` seeds were also evaluated for their tolerance to germination at 12&de
Key words: bean, Phaseolus ssp., local population.