Common Beans: Research for Crop Improvement

Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Origin, Domestication, and Evolution of the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), Paul Gepts and Daniel Debouck 2. Systematics and Morphology, Daniel Debouck 3. Bean Cultivars: Classes and Commercial Seed Types, Oswaldo Voysest and Michael Dessert 4. CIAT's World Phaseolus Collection, Rigoberto Hidalgo 5. Bean Genetics, Shree P. Singh 6. Physiology of Yield Potential and Stress Tolerance, Jeffrey W. White and Juan Izuierdo 7. Breeding for Seed Yield, Shree P. Singh 8. Adaption to Photoperiod and Temperature, Porfirio Masaya and Jeffrey W. White 9. Breeding for Adaptation to Drought, Jeffrey W. White and Shree P. Singh 10. Breeding for Disease Resistance, Stephen E. Beebe and Marcial Pastor Corrales 11. Breeding for Insect Resistance in Beans, Julia Kornegay and Cesar Cardona 12. Genetic Improvement of Food Quality Factors, Krista C. Shellie-Dessert and Fred A. Bliss 13. Bean Cropping Systems in the Tropics and Subtropics and Their Determinants, Jonathan Wooley et al 14. The Agronomy of Intercropping with Beans, Jonathan Wolley and Jeremy H.C. Davis 15. Bean Agronomy in Monoculture, Michael Thung 16. Snap Bean Production in the Tropics: Implications for Genetic Improvement, Matt J. Silbernagel et al 17. Onfarm Research, Jonathan Woolley 18. Onfarm Research in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Joachim Voss and Willi Graf Color Plates Acronyms Mentioned in the Text Abbreviations Used in the Text IndexVan Schoonhaven, Aart is the author of 'Common Beans: Research for Crop Improvement', published 1991 under ISBN 9780851986791 and ISBN 085198679X.