Characterization of a wide collection of beans and results from a farmer selection

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M. Ponce

Abstract

A collection of 51 bean varieties were seeded on
a private farm in �??La Palma�?�, Pinar del Río, with the aim of
organizing the I Agrodiversity Fair on this crop in the
community. It was celebrated with plenty of men and women
on February 28, 2002 within pod-filling stage. Everyone had
the opportunity of visiting the area and selecting up to five
varieties to take them later to their farms. After recording the
information of their selection and the data from yield as well as
its components concerning both replicates, then selection
differential was calculated. A variance analysis was performed
on the whole population, also studying the main associations
between variables and the most important stadigraphs per
character. The high variability was notable in this fair and red
grain coloration was also remarkable. Thus, farmers proved
their ability for observation and selection.

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Ponce, M. (2013). Characterization of a wide collection of beans and results from a farmer selection. Cultivos Tropicales, 24(4), 85–88. Retrieved from https://ediciones.inca.edu.cu/index.php/ediciones/article/view/560
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