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History and impact of a bean (Phaseolus spp., Leguminosae, Phaseoleae) collection

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Title History and impact of a bean (Phaseolus spp., Leguminosae, Phaseoleae) collection
 
Creator Debouck, Daniel G.
Santaella, Marcela
Santos, Luıs Guillermo
 
Subject yields
biotic stress
abiotic stress
breeding
phaseolus
rendimiento
estrés biótico
estrés abiótico
 
Description This work explains the reasons why a bean collection was established in 1973 at the International Center of Tropical
Agriculture (CIAT) near Palmira in Colombia. It shows the impact of the collection on plant breeding and in agricultural
development through the distribution of germplasm to the center’s bean breeding program, to successively find resistances
to pests and diseases, adaptation to low phosphorus and drought, and more recently higher content of iron and zinc in seeds.
The collection was also used to progress knowledge in biological sciences, as shown by a dozen of examples. A reason behind
these successes was foresight and focus on diversity per se in the collection. The paper ends with a number of suggestions for
the way ahead for the genetic resources conservation and management of these bean crops, and possible take-home lessons
for curators in charge of other similar collections.
 
Date 2021-11-08
2021-11-11T13:51:27Z
2021-11-11T13:51:27Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Debouck, D.G.; Santaella, M.; Santos, L.G. (2021) History and impact of a bean (Phaseolus spp., Leguminosae, Phaseoleae) collection. Genetic Resources 2(4) p. 21-43. ISSN: 2708-3764
2708-3764
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115996
https://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.WJEU8358
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format p. 21-43
application/pdf
 
Publisher Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
 
Source Genetic Resources