Enhancing In-crop Diversity in Common Bean by Planting Cultivar Mixtures and Its Effect on Productivity

Enhancing In-crop Diversity in Common Bean by Planting Cultivar Mixtures and Its Effect on Productivity

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume crop worldwide. Canadian beans, especially large seeded cultivars of Andean origin, have relatively narrow genetic diversities. Establishing crops with mixtures of cultivars instead of pure lines is a simple, cost effective way to...

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Main Authors: Yarmilla Reinprecht, Lyndsay Schram, Thomas H. Smith, K. Peter Pauls
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Subjects:
common bean
cultivar mixtures
diversity
yield
mixing efficiency
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00126/full

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