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Resolute great northern bean

Resolute is an early-maturing upright great northern bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar, developed at the AAFC Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta in collaboration with the AAFC Research Station, Morden, Manitoba. Resolute is resistant to both yellow and orange strains of the bacterial wilt pathogen, Curtobacterium flaccumfasciens pv. Flaccumfasciens (Hedges) Collins & Jones. Resolute is particularly well adapted to narrow row production. Key words: Phaseolus vulgaris, great northern bean, cultivar description, bacterial wilt resistance, early maturity, upright

AC Black Diamond common bean

AC Black Diamond is a high-yielding, large-seeded, shiny black dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar. It was developed from a series of crosses at the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia, on contract to the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Research Centre, Lethbridge, with cooperation from the AAFC Research Station Morden. AC Black Diamond is well adapted to the Canadian prairies, yielding significantly more than the check cultivar, UI 906, at 122% in narrow-rows an d 106% in wide-rows. AC Black Diamond is moderately susceptible to white mold and resistant to bean common mosaic virus (BCMV). Key words: Common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, shiny large-seeded black bean, cultivar description, high yield

AC Redbond small red bean.

AC Redbond is a high-yielding, early-maturing, small red dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar with moderate resistance to white mold. It was developed from a series of crosses at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, with cooperation from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre Morden. AC Redbond, having an upright growth habit with moderate resistance to white mold, is particularly well adapted to the western Canadian prairies using the narrow-row production system, maturing on average 3 d before NW 63, with 10% higher seed yield. Key words: Phaseolus vulgaris, small red bean, cultivar description, high yield, narrow row

Island pinto bean

Island is a high-yielding, tall, partially upright pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), with short vines and an average seed weight of 38.5 g 100 seeds-1. It was developed at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, in collaboration with the AAFC Research Station, Morden, MB. Island is well adapted to wide-row irrigated production of the Canadian prairies, with yields exceeding those of Othello, the check cultivar. Island is moderately susceptible, as is Othello, to race 73 of anthracnose [caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Lams.-Scrib]; and is moderately resistant to white mould [caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary]. Key words: Pinto (bean), cultivar description, high yield

AC Polaris great northern dry bean

AC Polaris is a high-yielding great northern dry bean ( Phaseolus vulgarisL.) cultivar. It was developed from a series of crosses at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre, Lethbridge, with cooperation from the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Centre Morden. AC Polaris is particularly well adapted to the western Canadian prairies using the narrow-row production system, yielding significantly more than check cultivars, US1140 and CDC Nordic, at 14 of 15 trials. AC Polaris is moderately susceptible to white mold.

Agrinto Pinto Bean

Agrinto is a tall, partially upright pinto bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), with s hort vines, average seed weight of 340 mg, which was developed at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Research Centre, Lethbridge, AB, in collaboration with the AAFC Research Station, Morden, MB. Agrinto is well adapted to wide-row irrigated produ ction of the Canadian prairies, with yields comparable to the check cultivar, Othello. Agrinto is resistant to both yellow and orange strains of the bacterial wilt, caused by Curtobacterium flaccumfasciens pv. flaccumfasciens (Hedges) Collins & Jones. Agrinto is resistant to race 73 of anthracnose [caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Lams.-Scrib] and is moderately resistant to white mould [caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary]. Key words: Phaseolus vulgaris, pinto bean, cultivar description, bacterial wilt resistance, upright

Morden003 navy bean

Morden003 is an early-maturing navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar, developed at the AAFC Research Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta with final selection and testing carried out at the AAFC Research Station, Morden, Manitoba. Morden003 has higher levels of resistance to anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. & Magnus) Lams.-Scrib., than the susceptible check cultivar, Othello pinto bean, and to white mould, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, than the navy bean check cultivar, Envoy. Morden003 is particularly well adapted to Manitoba growing conditions, and matures significantly earlier than the check cultivar, Envoy. Key words: Phaseolus vulgaris, navy bean, cultivar description, early maturing

AC Alberta Pink bean

AC Alberta Pink is a large-seeded, high-yielding dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar. It was developed at the Lethbridge Research Centre in cooperation with the Morden Research Centre from a cross of ISB473/4/NW63/3/Swan Valley/2/Redkloud/Kentwood. AC Alberta Pink is particularly well adapted to the irrigated western Canadian prairies, exceeding Viva by 13% in yield, 16% in seed weight, and maturing on average 2 d earlier than Viva. Key words: Phaseolus vulgaris, pink bean, cultivar description, large seed weight

AC Earlired small red bean

AC Earlired is an early-maturing small red dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar. It was developed from a cross of Ember by line 5217 at the Lethbridge Research Centre, with cooperation from the Morden Research Centre, AC Earlired is particularly well adapted to the irrigated western Canadian prairies, maturing on average 5 d before NW63, with equal seed yield. Key words: Phaseolus vulgaris, small red bean, cultivar description, early maturity

AAC Whitestar great northern dry bean

Abstract: AAC Whitestar is a high yielding great northern dry bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivar with an upright, indeterminate bush (Type IIb) growth habit, large seed size, and partial field resistance to white mould. AAC Whitestar was developed at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Lethbridge Research and Development Centre (LRDC), in Lethbridge, AB. AAC Whitestar is suitable for irrigated wide row production in Alberta and Saskatchewan.