BRS Estilo: common bean cultivar with Carioca grain, upright growth and high yield potential

• Published in: Crop breeding and applied biotechnology Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 377 - 379
• Main Authors: Melo, Leonardo Cunha(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Peloso, Maria José Del(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Pereira, Helton Santos(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Faria, Luís Cláudio de(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Costa, Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Díaz, José Luís Cabrera(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Rava, Carlos Augustín(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Wendland, Adriane(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão), Abreu, Ângela de Fátima Barbosa(Embrapa Arroz e Feijão)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology 01-12-2010
• Subjects: AGRONOMY; BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY; common bean improvement; grain yield; Phaseolus vulgaris L; common bean improvement; grain yield; Phaseolus vulgaris L
• ISSN: 1984-7033; 1984-7033
• DOI: 10.1590/S1984-70332010000400015

BRS Estilo is a new common bean cultivar with Carioca grain, suitable for cultivation in 12 states in the five macro-regions of Brazil. With a mean yield of 2,134 kg ha-1 it exceeds the control by 6.3 %, has a high yield potential (4011okg ha-1), upright growth and is resistant to lodging and anthracnose.