Cileide Maria Medeiros Coelho

Physiological potential of common landrace bean seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

The objective of this study was to characterize the physiologic potential of common landrace bean seeds. The seeds were produced in the 2007/2008 growing season with 26 genotypes from Lages-SC. The seed physiological potential was evaluated from the percentage germination, before and after accelerated ageing, the weight of 100 seeds, electrical conductivity, the length of the primary root and field emergence. The genotypes were grouped into classes using the Scott-Knott test and compared with a standard (commercial cultivars) using the Dunnett test, which indicated the BAFs 36, 55, 75, 102 genotypes as having a high physiological potential. Under field conditions, most landrace genotypes were adapted to environmental conditions, except for BAFs 4, 7, 23. The correlation analysis showed a positive association between the percentage initial germination and the length of the main root, and a negative correlation with the weight of 100 seeds. The genotypes with a lower seed mass showed more vigor.

Diversidade genética para a padronização do tempo e percentual de hidratação preliminar ao teste de cocção de grãos de feijão

before cooking, common beans require a soaking time varying from 2 to 18 hours depending on the genotype, which makes it difficult to standardize the soaking time in order to reach the shortest cooking time. The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of bean hydration capacity to standardize the shortest cooking time. Eighteen bean landraces and four commercial lines from plants cultivated under the same conditions for two growing seasons (2006/2007 and 2007/2008) were used in this study. The beans were soaked completely or partially for 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 hours in pure water at 25 oC, followed by cooking time determination. The results showed that 22 genotypes evaluated presented high genetic diversity leading to great variability of cooking time, and they also indicated that seven hours of soaking was necessary to obtain a minimum of 82.5% hydration as an optimized condition to reach the fastest cooking time. Considering these findings, cooking tests for an early selection of bean lineages can be standardized and can be used to standardize Usage Value Analysis (UVA), which is usually required for official registration of common bean cultivar