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Observations on little-known Phaseolus germplasm of Ecuador

No wild Phaseolus bean germplasm is currently available from seed banks for Ecuador. Because of the decisive importance of the wild forms in evolutionary studies of the bean crops, and given the key geographical situation of that country in the northern Andes, a joint exploration was recently carrie...

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Main Authors: Debouck, Daniel G., Castillo T., R., Tohme, Joseph M.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 1989
Subjects:
phaseolus vulgaris
phaseolus polyanthus
phaseolus lunatus
phaseolus coccineus
phaseolus augusti
germplasm
wild beans
germoplasma
frijol silvestre
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/88654
Summary:No wild Phaseolus bean germplasm is currently available from seed banks for Ecuador. Because of the decisive importance of the wild forms in evolutionary studies of the bean crops, and given the key geographical situation of that country in the northern Andes, a joint exploration was recently carried out in six provinces of northern and central Ecuador by Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) and Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIAP). The discovery of wild P. vulgaris and P. lunatus is discussed in relation to the problem of domestication of these two cultigens in the Andean context. (AS)

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