High yielding potential and proper cooking characters are the main desirable factors to be taken into account in the choise of new common bean cultivars. In this research work, the yielding components considered were number of pods/plant, number of grains/pod and 100 grain-mass. As to the tecnological characters, grain crude protein content, cooking time and hydration ability were measured. A randomized complete block design, with four replications, was set up in which 15 common bean cultivars were checked for the above mentioned parameters (Carioca, Pérola, IAC Carioca, IAC Carioca Eté, IAC Carioca Pyatã, Carioca Precoce, IAC Carioca Aruã, FT Bonito, Rudá, Aporé, Princesa, IAPAR 14, IAPAR 80, IAPAR 81 and Porto Real). Grain yileding potentials above 3,500 kg ha-1 were observed in the cultivars Aporé, Carioca Precoce and Rudá with superior cooking parameters being detected in the cultivars Carioca, IAPAR 80 and IAPAR 81.
Phaseolus vulgaris L.; yielding components; cooking time; brute protein; hydration capacity
