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Testing The Effects Of Moisture On Seedcoat Color Of Pinto Dry Beans, Muharrem Ergun, Ellen T. Paparozzi, Dermot P. Coyne, Durward Smith, Stephen D. Kachman, David S. Nuland
Testing The Effects Of Moisture On Seedcoat Color Of Pinto Dry Beans, Muharrem Ergun, Ellen T. Paparozzi, Dermot P. Coyne, Durward Smith, Stephen D. Kachman, David S. Nuland
Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications
Seedcoat color is an important trait, as it affects marketing and consumer acceptance of pinto beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Pinto breeding line NE 94-4 showed seedcoat yellowing in on-farm field trials in Nebraska in 1996 and 1997. Hail, sprinkler irrigation, and fall rainfall appeared to be involved in increasing seedcoat yellowing, based on analysis of field and weather data of on-farm trial sites. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of moisture on seedcoat yellowing of pinto line NE 94-4 (susceptible) and pinto ‘UI-114’ (highly resistant). Two greenhouse experiments were conducted involving misting of bean plants …