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IAC 1849 Polaco: carioca common bean cultivar with an early maturity and tolerance to seed darkening

Abstract

IAC 1849 Polaco is a common bean cultivar with a carioca (beige/cream-colored with brown stripes) seed coat, 75-day mean maturity , semi-upright plant architecture, tolerance to seed darkening, mean 1000-seed weight of 240 grams, resistance to the main diseases in common bean, and mean seed yield of 2464 kg ha-1 obtained in 18 experiments.

Keywords:
Phaseolus vulgaris L.; plant breeding; tolerance to seed darkening; early maturity.

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