Abstract
The runner bean requires moderately high temperatures for optimum germination and growth. Low temperature at sowing delays both germination and plant emergence, and can reduce establishment of beans planted early in the growing season. The objective of this work was to identify potential runner bean germplasm with tolerance to low temperature and to assess the role of this germplasm for production and breeding. Seeds of 33 runner bean accessions were germinated in a climate-controlled chamber at optimal (17°C-day/15°C-night) and at sub-optimal (14°C-day/8°C-night) temperature. The low temperature tolerance was evaluated on the basis of germination, earliness, ability to grow and vigor. Differences in agronomical characters were significant at low temperatures for germination, earliness, ability to grow and early vigor except for emergence score. The commercial cultivars Painted Lady Bi-color, Scarlet Emperor, the Rwanda cultivar NI-15c, and the Spanish cultivars PHA-0013, PHA-0133, PHA-0311, PHA-0664, and PHA-1025 had the best performance under cold conditions.
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Research was supported by the projects AGF2000-1613 and RF03-024-C6-2 from the Spanish Government. The authors are grateful to the CRF-INIA (Ministry of Education and Science, Alcalá de Henares, Spain), to the WRPIS (USDA, Pullman, US) and to the University of Gembloux (Gembloux, Belgium) for supplying some of the runner bean cultivars studied. We thank Molly Welsh for reviewing the manuscript, Pedro Revilla for reviewing the manuscript and for laboratory facilities and Salvador Rodríguez and Jaime Rey for technical assistance.
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Rodiño, A.P., Lema, M., Pérez-Barbeito, M. et al. Assessment of runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus L.) germplasm for tolerance to low temperature during early seedling growth. Euphytica 155, 63–70 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-006-9301-6
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