Implications for bean breeders of studies on the origins of common beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Three lines of evidence (botanical, archaeological, and biochemical results) of multiple and independent domestication of wild populations of common beans in the Americas are revicwed. These domestication events took place at least 10,000 yr ago from different wild bean populations. In addition to a...
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
1989
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