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Genetic progress during 22 years of black bean improvement

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The common bean breeding program coordinated by Embrapa Arroz e Feijão released 50 new cultivars from 1984 to 2010. The aim of the present study was to estimate genetic progress in terms of seed yield and other agronomic traits achieved by the black-type common bean breeding program in Brazil over the 22-year period from 1985 to 2006. Two types of field experiments were performed to assess genetic progress. In regard to experiments on lines, the three best breeding lines from each of 11 evaluation cycles constituted 33 treatments. These evaluations were made in 20 environments and served to estimate progress in seed yield and seed size because these were the criteria applied in selecting the elite lines. Cultivar evaluations included nine cultivars recommended by Embrapa during the period under investigation, and the evaluations were established in 21 environments. These evaluations served to estimate improvements in reaction to angular leaf spot, plant architecture and tolerance to lodging because cultivars usually exhibit superior phenotypes for such characteristics. Evaluations were performed from 2008 to 2010. Estimated improvement in seed yield was 25.2 kg ha−1 or 1.1 % per year. Improvements were also found in tolerance to lodging (1.7 % per year) and 100-seed weight (0.65 % per year). There was no significant progress for the plant architecture and resistance to angular leaf spot traits.

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The authors of this article wish to express their profound gratitude to Embrapa Arroz e Feijão and the School of Agronomy and Food Engineering - UFG for granting a doctoral scholarship and for funding this study. Thanks also to the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) for grants to the second, third and last authors.

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  1. Embrapa Rice & Beans, Highway GO-462, Km 12 Countryside BP 179, Santo Antônio de Goiás, GO, 75375-000, Brazil

    Luis Cláudio de Faria, Helton Santos Pereira, Adriane Wendland, José Luiz Cabrera Diaz & Leonardo Cunha Melo

  2. School of Agronomy and Food Engineering, Federal University of Goiás, Highway GO-462, Km 0, Goiânia, GO, 74690-700, Brazil

    Patrícia Guimarães Santos Melo

  3. Company Technical Assistance and Rural Extension, Street Gym, Number 554, City Center, Rio Verde, GO, 75901-210, Brazil

    Simone Ferreira Borges

  4. Embrapa Maize & Sorghum, Highway MG-424, Km 45, Sete Lagoas, MG, 35701-970, Brazil

    Israel Alexandre Pereira Filho

  5. Embrapa Semiarid, Highway 428, Km 152 Countryside, Petrolina, PE, 56302-970, Brazil

    Marcelo Calgaro

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de Faria, L.C., Melo, P.G.S., Pereira, H.S. et al. Genetic progress during 22 years of black bean improvement. Euphytica 199, 261–272 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-014-1135-z

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