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Title: Diversity for cooking time in Andean dry beans

Author
item Cichy, Karen
item Wiesinger, Jason
item Porch, Timothy - Tim
item Miklas, Phillip - Phil

Submitted to: Bean Improvement Cooperative Annual Report
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/11/2014
Publication Date: 3/1/2014
Citation: Cichy, K.A., Wiesinger, J.A., Porch Clay, T.G., Miklas, P.N. 2014. Diversity for cooking time in Andean dry beans. Bean Improvement Cooperative Annual Report. 57: 25-26.

Interpretive Summary: Dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L) are a nutrient dense, low cost food and therefore are an excellent value for consumers (Drewnowski and Rehm, 2013). In spite of this value, long cooking times limit bean consumption. This is true in developing countries where cooking fuel is sometimes scarce and in developed countries where consumers don’t have time to invest in cooking (Brouwer. et al. 1989). Understanding the genetic variability for cooking time in beans would help efficiently breed fast cooking bean varieties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cooking time of a panel of Andean bean lines from diverse market classes and seed types important in major bean growing and consuming regions of Africa and the Americas.

Technical Abstract: Dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L) are a nutrient dense, low cost food and therefore are an excellent value for consumers (Drewnowski and Rehm, 2013). In spite of this value, long cooking times limit bean consumption. This is true in developing countries where cooking fuel is sometimes scarce and in developed countries where consumers don’t have time to invest in cooking (Brouwer. et al. 1989). Understanding the genetic variability for cooking time in beans would help efficiently breed fast cooking bean varieties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the cooking time of a panel of Andean bean lines from diverse market classes and seed types important in major bean growing and consuming regions of Africa and the Americas.