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| Common Bean |
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| Objectives of Breeding: |
 Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV) and Bean Common Mosaic Necrosis Virus (BCMNV) |
| Seed quality/Canning quality |
| Yield |
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| Current Commercial Varieties: |
| California Dark Red Kidney (CDRK) |
| Good Yield (but not difficult to equal) |
| Mediocre canning quality |
| Susceptible to most BCMV |
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| California Early Light Red Kidney (CELRK) |
| Yield (hard to beat) |
| BCMV resistant |
| Canning quality? |
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| Red Kidney (RK) |
| Good yield |
| BCMV susceptible |
| Mediocre canning quality |
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| Miscellaneous Classes |
| Pinks |
| High yield |
| Susceptible to some BCMV strains |
| Sutter is susceptible to BCMV |
| Prostrate and viny growth |
| Mediocre root system |
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| Small Red |
| Re-evaluation of lines using UI239 (late maturing and consistently high yielding) as a check |
| Only lines which are equal to or better than UI239 for yield, seed quality, plant type will be advanced |
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| Flor de Mayo |
| Highly preferred in some bean production and consumption areas of Mexico, very delicate-flavored bean (possibly opens a new market to CA grower |
| BCMV Resistant |
| Most of the lines undergo 3 consecutive yield tests |
| High yielding |
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| Canario (Yellow) |
| Ethnically popular bean that is of interest for California’s growing Hispanic consumer population, and for small producers who direct market locally |
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| Summary Tables |
| 1997 Advanced Dark Red Kidney Yield Trial
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| Yields (cwt/A) of UCD Elite Kidney Bean Lines in 1997 Strip Tests |
| Summary of 1996-1997 Canning Data for DRK and LRK Release Candidates |
| 1997 Light Red Kidney Preliminary Yield Trial |
| Yield (cwt/A) of Assorted UCD Common Beans in 1997 Strip Trial |
| 1997 Davis Pink Preliminary Yield Trial |
| 1997 Advanced Small Red and Flor de Mayo Yield Trial |
| 1997 Advanced Canario (Yellow) |
| 1994-1996 Pinto Yield (cwt/A) Trials |
