BRS Esplendor Common bean cultivar with black grain, upright growth and disease resistance

Abstract

-BRS Esplendor is a common bean

BRS Esteio: common bean cultivar with black grain, high yield potential and moderate resistance to anthracnose

“…The technological and industrial traits of grain quality of BRS Esteio are a regular color and grain size and an average 100-grain weight of 24 g, which is similar to cultivar IPR Uirapuru (Table 2), higher than BRS Esplendor (21 g) (Costa et al 2011) and BRS 7762 Supremo (23 g) (Costa et al 2006), and lower than BRS Campeiro (25 g) (Carneiro et al 2004). The average cooking time of BRS Esteio is 29 min, slightly longer than of the controls (on average 26 and 27 min).…”

“…The common bean breeding program of Embrapa Rice and Beans is focused on the search for cultivars with high yield potential, better disease resistance and upright plant architecture, enabling direct mechanical harvesting, so farmers can sell a better quality product and increase returns from the crop. With these objectives, some new cultivars with black grain were released in recent years, e.g., BRS 7762 Supremo (Costa et al 2006) with excellent plant architecture; BRS Campeiro (Carneiro et al 2004) with a semi-early cycle; and BRS Esplendor (Costa et al 2011) with upright growth and multiple disease resistance.…”

Diallel analysis to choose parents for black bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) breeding

“…Brazil is one of the greatest producers and consumers of beans in the world (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, http://faostat3.fao.org/browse/Q/QC/E). Aside from carioca beans, other types of bean are grown in the country, such as black beans, particularly in the states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, and Espírito Santo (Costa et al, 2011). Although it is the second most consumed bean in Brazil, national black bean production has been insufficient to supply the domestic market, which annually imports more than 100 million tonnes .…”

Characterization of genetic variability among common bean genotypes by morphological descriptors

“…Brazil is the world's largest producer of common bean, which is the main protein source in the average diet of the population (Costa et al 2011). Besides the role it plays in the Brazilian diet, common bean is one of the agricultural products with greatest socio-economic importance (Machado et al 2008), mainly due to the manpower required during the crop cycle.…”