Mr.Bean: a comprehensive statistical and visualization application for modeling agricultural field trials data.

Crop improvement efforts have exploited new methods for modeling spatial trends using the arrangement of the experimental units in the field. These methods have shown improvement in predicting the genetic potential of evaluated genotypes. However, the use of these tools may be limited by the exposure and accessibility to these products.

Interspecific common bean population derived from using a bridging genotype demonstrate useful adaptation to heat tolerance.

Common bean ( L.) is an important legume crop worldwide and is a major nutrient source in the tropics. Common bean reproductive development is strongly affected by heat stress, particularly overnight temperatures above 20°C.

Large genomic introgression blocks of Freytag bean into the common bean enhance the crossability between tepary and common beans.

The production of the common bean ( L.), one of the most important sources of protein and minerals and one of the most consumed grain legumes globally, is highly affected by heat and drought constraints. In contrast, the tepary bean ( A.

Understanding the complexity of disease-climate interactions for rice bacterial panicle blight under tropical conditions.

Bacterial panicle blight (BPB) caused by Burkholderia glumae is one of the main concerns for rice production in the Americas since bacterial infection can interfere with the grain-filling process and under severe conditions can result in high sterility. B. glumae has been detected in several rice-growing areas of Colombia and other countries of Central and Andean regions in Latin America, although evidence of its involvement in decreasing yield under these conditions is lacking.

NAC Candidate Gene Marker for and Interaction With QTL for Resistance to in Common Bean.

Genetic resistance is the primary means for control of (BGYMV) in common bean (). Breeding for resistance is difficult because of sporadic and uneven infection across field nurseries. We sought to facilitate breeding for BGYMV resistance by improving marker-assisted selection (MAS) for the recessive gene and identifying and developing MAS for quantitative trait loci (QTL) conditioning resistance.

Using RNA-seq to characterize pollen-stigma interactions for pollination studies.

Insects are essential for the reproduction of pollinator-dependent crops and contribute to the pollination of 87% of wild plants and 75% of the world's food crops. Understanding pollen flow dynamics between plants and pollinators is thus essential to manage and conserve wild plants and ensure yields are maximized in food crops. However, the determination of pollen transfer in the field is complex and laborious.

Genetic mapping for agronomic traits in a MAGIC population of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under drought conditions.

Background: Common bean is an important staple crop in the tropics of Africa, Asia and the Americas. Particularly smallholder farmers rely on bean as a source for calories, protein and micronutrients. Drought is a major production constraint for common bean, a situation that will be aggravated with current climate change scenarios.

Fine-mapping of angular leaf spot resistance gene Phg-2 in common bean and development of molecular breeding tools.

The Common Bean Angular Leaf Spot Resistance Gene Phg-2 was fine-mapped to a 409-Kbp region, and molecular markers for breeders were developed and validated in field experiments. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important food legume in Latin America, Asia and Africa.

Analyses of African common bean ( L.) germplasm using a SNP fingerprinting platform: diversity, quality control and molecular breeding.

Common bean ( L.) is an important staple crop for smallholder farmers, particularly in Eastern and Southern Africa. To support common bean breeding and seed dissemination, a high throughput SNP genotyping platform with 1500 established SNP assays has been developed at a genotyping service provider which allows breeders without their own genotyping infrastructure to outsource such service.

Resequencing of Common Bean Identifies Regions of Inter-Gene Pool Introgression and Provides Comprehensive Resources for Molecular Breeding.

Common bean ( L.) is the most important grain legume for human consumption and is a major nutrition source in the tropics. Because bean production is reduced by both abiotic and biotic constraints, current breeding efforts are focused on the development of improved varieties with tolerance to these stresses.

Bioinformatic analysis of genotype by sequencing (GBS) data with NGSEP.

Background: Therecent development and availability of different genotype by sequencing (GBS) protocols provided a cost-effective approach to perform high-resolution genomic analysis of entire populations in different species. The central component of all these protocols is the digestion of the initial DNA with known restriction enzymes, to generate sequencing fragments at predictable and reproducible sites. This allows to genotype thousands of genetic markers on populations with hundreds of individuals.

Fine-mapping of a major QTL controlling angular leaf spot resistance in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

A major QTL for angular leaf spot resistance in the common bean accession G5686 was fine-mapped to a region containing 36 candidate genes. Markers have been developed for marker-assisted selection. Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.