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Faba bean is a partially allogamous grain legume, mostly sown as spring crop in Central Europe, and in few mild coastal areas of UK and France as a winter crop. A population with a genetically wide base, conceived and selected for superior winter hardiness showing promise as winter crop in Germany was evaluated. The reproductive behaviour of this population was evaluated for its degree of cross-fertilization at five German environments (1999–2001), and inbred lines bred from it, plus one F1 bulk and further checks, were assessed for variation in cross-fertilization at three German environments (2001). Seed hilum colour, a dominant-recessive, biallelic locus, was used as a morphological marker. Cross-fertilization (population mean value of 60%) was shown to be higher than in spring faba beans and was environmentally influenced. Genetic variation was demonstrated, heritability was high (h2= 0.75), and heterosis was negative. Inbred lines with a cross-fertilization of 70% can be easily bred. Breeding synthetic cultivars is recommended, their optimum number of components is expected to be higher than the optimum recommended for spring faba beans.
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Gasim, S., Abel, S. & Link, W. Extent, variation and breeding impact of natural cross-fertilization in German winter faba beans using hilum colour as marker. Euphytica 136, 193–200 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:EUPH.0000030672.56206.f0
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