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ToolsPeláez, Diana, Aguilar, Paula A., Mercado, Mariana, López-Hernández, Felipe, Guzmán, Manuel, Burbano-Erazo, Esteban, Denning-James, Kate, Medina, Clara I., Blair, Matthew W., De Vega, José J. and Cortés, Andrés J. (2022) Genotype selection, and seed uniformity and multiplication to ensure common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) var. Liborino. Agronomy, 12 (10). ISSN 2073-4395
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Abstract
Seed uniformity and stability testing, and multiplication, are key steps in the seed supply chain of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and other crops. Optimizing agronomical practices in these phases can ultimately ensure seed quality and availability, and germplasm prospective utilization. However, farmers have rarely standardized seed testing and propagation protocols in local common bean landraces conserved in situ. An example of this is the Liborino variety (var.), a promising yellow Andean common bean known for its presumably high digestibility and adaptation to the local conditions of the Cauca river canyon (northwest Andes of Colombia), but likely experiencing genetic erosion after decades of suboptimal propagation. Therefore, this work intended to evaluate and select locally adapted genotypes of common bean var. Liborino for commercial use, to be later multiplied, evaluated by participatory breeding, and eventually shared with farmers. Specifically, we evaluated 44 accessions of var. Liborino common bean in six adaption and yield field trials in the Cauca river canyon at 1100 and 1400 m a.s.l, and in AGROSAVIA’s “La Selva” research station at 2100 m a.s.l. In parallel, we carried out standardized seed multiplication of a Liborino genotype using best practices to guarantee uniformity and stability. From the 44 accessions, nine were well adapted to the tested local conditions. Four of these accessions exhibited a bush type growth habit, while the remaining five were climbers. The trials revealed maximum average extrapolated yields of up to 1169.4 ± 228.4 kg ha−1 for the bush types (G8152) and up to 1720.0 ± 588.4 kg ha−1 for the climbers (G51018), both at 2100 m a.s.l. Three climbing accessions matched farmers’ expectations for seed coat color and shape, according to a participatory selection exercise. Uniform and stable seed of the selected genotype was delivered in 2022 to 39 farmers, ~6.5 kg of seeds per farmer. Our results will allow implementing bean genetic improvement pipelines, promoting var. Liborino commercialization, and boosting the economic and sustainable development of the rural communities in the Cauca river canyon. Seed uniformity testing and multiplication pipelines must be extended to other bean landraces conserved in situ.
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| Additional Information: | Data Availability Statement: Supporting data can be found is the Supplementary Materials. Funding information: This research was funded by the British Council throughout the 2019 Newton Fund Institutional Links binational Bioeconomy grant ID 527023146 awarded to A.J.C. as PI in Colombia (AGROSAVIA), and J.J.D.V. as PI in UK (Earlham Institute). APC was funded by the same project. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | agrobiodiversity,farmer’s variety,in situ conservation,landraces,seed material,agronomy and crop science ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1102 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Aug 2025 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2025 00:34 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100190 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/agronomy12102285 |
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