Phaseolus Database

General Accession Information:
    
Accession number (ACCENUMB)

Year of characterization (YEAR)

Use category (USE)
    1 dry beans
    2 snap beans
    3 green shelled beans
    4 popping beans
      
INFLORESCENCE:

Days to flowering (DAYSBLOS)
    Number of days from sowing to a stage where 50% of plants are flowering

Duration of flowering (DURBLOS)
       
Flower color of  standard (vexillum) (BLOSVEX)
    1 white                
    2 greenish        
    3 lilac                    
    4 white with lilac edge
    5 white with red stripes
    6 dark lilac with purple outer edge
    7 dark lilac with purplish spots
    8 carmine red
    9 purple
   99 other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Flower colour of wings (BLOSWING)
    1 white                
    2 greenish                
    3 lilac            
    4 white with carmine stripes
    5 strongly veined in red to dark lilac
    6 plain red to dark lilac
    7 lilac with dark lilac veins
    8 purple
   99 other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

PLANT DATA:

Plant growth habit (type) (TYPE)
         1 determinate bush
        2 indeterminate bush
        3 indeterminate prostrate but not climbing
        4 indeterminate climbing
        5 determinate climbing
        6 mixture

Plant height (cm) (HEIGHT)
      
Days to 90% pod maturity (MATURITY)

Leaf shape (LEAFSHAPE)
    1  triangular
    2  quadrangular
    3  round
    4  ovate
    5  ovate/lanceolate
    7  lanceolate
    9  hastate

Leaf color of chlorophyll (intensity of green color) (LEAFCHLORO)
    3  pale green
    5  medium green
    7  dark green

Leaf color of anthocyan (LEAFANTHO)
    0  absent
    9  present

Leaflet length (mm) (LEAFLENGTH)

Leaf persistance (LEAFPERS)
    3  all leaves dropped
    5  intermediate
    7  all leaves persistent

Lodging (LODGING)
    3  upright
    5  intermediate
    7  lodged

POD DATA:

Pods position (PODPOSIT)
    1  base
    2  center
    3  top
    4  combination of 1,2 and 3
    9  other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Pods per plant (PODPLANT)

Pod length (cm) (PODLENGTH)

Pod width (mm) (PODWIDTH)

Pod - cross-section (PODCROSS)
    1  very flat
    2  pear shaped
    3  round elliptic
    4  figure of eight
    9  other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Pod - curvature (PODCURV)
    1  straight
    3  slightly curved
    5  medium curved
    7  strongly curved
    9  recurving

Pod - suture strings (STRING)
    0  absent
    5  moderately stringy
    7  very stringy

Pod - ground colour of immature pod (PODCOLIMM)
    1  dark purple                     
    2  carmine red                          
    3  purple stripe on green            
    4  carmine red stripe on green        
    5  pale red stripe on green                
    6  dark pink (rose)    
    7  normal green
    8  shiny green
    9  dull green to silver gray
    10  golden or deep yellow
    11  pale yellow to white        
    99 other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Pod - pattern color (PODPAT)
    (more than one possible, departed with semicolon,  e.g.: 3;5 )
    0  no pod pattern
    1  pink            
    3  red
    5  violet
    7  black
    9  other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Pod - density of pigment spots (PODSPOT)
    3  sparse
    5  medium
    7  dense

Pod - color at physiologycal maturity (PODCOLMAT)
    1  dark purple
    2  red
    3  pink
    4  yellow  gelb
    5  pale yellow with colored mottling stripes
    6  persistent green
    9  other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Pod - dry pod color (DRYPODCOL)
    1  dark purple            
    2  carmine red                      
    3  purple stripe on green    
    4  carmine red stripe on green    
    5  pale red stripe on green
    6  dark pink (rose)
    7  normal green
    8  shiny green
    9  dull green to silver gray
    10  golden or deep yellow
    11  pale yellow to white
    99  other anders (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Pod - wall fiber/constriction (PODWALL)
    0  no constriction    
    1  slightly constricted
    3  medium constricted
    5  strongly contracting around seeds
    7  leathery podded (not spontaneously open)
    9  excessive shattering with strong twisting

Pod - beak position (BEAKPOSIT)
    1  marginal
    2  non marginal /central
    9  other  anders

Pod - beak orientation (BEAKORIENT)
    3  upward (curving to dorsal side)
    5  straight
    7  downward (curving to ventral side)

Pod - beak length (mm) (BEAKLENGTH)

Pod - locules per pod (PODLOCULES)

Pod - number of seeds (PODSEED)

SEED DATA:

Seed coat colour(s) (SEEDCOLOR)
The main colours are listed below. If the seed has more than one colour the secondary and tertiary colours are also recorded using the same colour codes as for the primary colour. (e.g.: 3;5;8)
    1  white                  
    2  cream      
    3  yellow        
    4  brown
    5  pink
    6  red    
    7  purple            
    8  black
   99 other (specify in descriptor NOTES)
      
Seed - character of pattern (PATCHAR)
      0  no pattern              
      1  mottled        
      2  striped                      
      3  speckled        
      4  spotted
      5  blotched
      99 other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Seed - brilliance (BRILLIANCE)
    3  dull          
    5  medium
    7  shiny                      

Seed veining (SEEDVEIN)
        0  absent
        3  weak
        9  strong

Seed - shape longitudinal (SEEDSHAPEL)
    1  circular                    
    2  oval    
    3  cuboid    
    4  kidney shaped    
    5 markedly truncate

Seed - shape cross (SEEDSHAPEC)
    1  very flat
    2  narrow elliptic
    3  elliptic
    4  broad elliptic
    5  circular
    6  square oval

Seed length (mm) (SEEDLENGTH)

Seed height (mm) (SEEDHEIGHT)

Seed width (mm) (SEEDWIDTH)

Seed - color of hilum (SEEDHILUM)
     1 white
     2 beige    
     3 ochre
     4 brown
     5 red
     6 carmine red
     7 violet
     8 black
     9 other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Seed - color of hilumring (SEEDHILUMRING)
      1 white
      2 beige
      3 ochre
     4 brown
     5 red
     6 carmine red
     7 violet
     8 black
     9 other (specify in descriptor NOTES)

Seed - hundred kernel mass (g)(SEEDHKM)
    Weight of 100 seeds to the first decimal place at a moisture content of 12-14%

Seed - protein content (%) (PROTEIN)

Phaseolin type (PHASEOLIN)
The phaseolin types should be indicated by a letter, e.g. T, C, S, as it has been indicated in specialized publications such as Toro O, CH Ocampo & DG Debouck, 2007. ?Phaseolin: variability and reference materials in wild and cultivated common bean?. Annual Rept. Bean Improvement Cooperative (USA) 50: 69-70. Once the phaseolin type has been indicated by a conventional letter, then a digital image of the gel with the particular accession under study can be added

BIOTIC and ABIOTIC STRESSES:

Drought (DROUGHT)

Bruchid (Acanthoscelides obtectus) (ACANTHO)

Bruchid (Zabrotes subfasciatus) (ZABROTES)

Anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) (ANTHRACNOSE)

Halo blight (Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola)(PSEUDOMON)

Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli)(XANTHO)

Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV)(MOSAIC)

    for all stresses:
            1  very low
            3  low
            5  medium
            7  high
            9  very high

Notes (NOTES)
Additional information of traits mentioned as 9 above.