Genetic Resources of Phaseolus Beans

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Phaseolus Germplasm Exploration and Maintenance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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3. Phaseolus Germplasm Exploration and Maintenance

   1. Phaseolus Germplasm Exploration

      • D. G. Debouck

      Pages 3-29

   2. Phaseolus Seed Storage Methodologies

      • E. E. Roos

      Pages 31-49

   3. A Centralized Database for the Common Bean and Its Use in Diversity Analysis

      • T. VanderBorght

      Pages 51-65

   4. The Phaseolus World Collection

      • R. Hidalgo

      Pages 67-90

   5. A Base Collection of Wild and Botanical Forms of Phaseoleae-Phaseolinae

      • R. Marechal, J. P. Baudoin

      Pages 91-102

   6. The International Phaseolus Germplasm Network

      • J. Lyman-Snow

      Pages 103-121

4. Domestication and Evolution of Phaseolus sp.

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 123-123

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   2. Phaseolus in Archaeology

      • Lawrence Kaplan, Lucille N. Kaplan

      Pages 125-142

   3. Morphological, Physiological and Biochemical Changes in Phaseolus Beans under Domestication

      • J. Smartt

      Pages 143-161

   4. The Wild Relative of Phaseolus Vulgaris in Middle America

      • A. Delgado Salinas, A. Bonet, P. Gepts

      Pages 163-184

   5. The Wild Ancestor of Phaseolus Vulgaris in South America

      • H. Brücher

      Pages 185-214

   6. Phaseolin as an Evolutionary Marker

      • Paul Gepts

      Pages 215-241

5. Genetic of Phaseolus vulgaris

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 243-243

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6. Genetic of Phaseolus vulgaris

   1. Genotypic and Phenotypic Markers in Common Bean

      • C. L. A. Leakey

      Pages 245-327

7. Genetic of Phaseolus vulgaris

   1. Linkage Mapping of Marker Genes in Common Bean

      • M. J. Bassett

      Pages 329-353

   2. Genetic Structure of Bean Landraces in Malawi

      • M. W. Adams, G. B. Martin

      Pages 355-374

   3. A Middle American and an Andean Common Bean Gene Pool

      • Paul Gepts

      Pages 375-390

8. Genetic Resources, Domestication, and Evolution of Other Cultivated Phaseolus Species

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 391-391

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The period following the second world war has witnessed an expanding commitment to incr~ased food production in tropical countries. Public and private initiatives at the national and international levels have led to the creation of programs geared specifically towards the improvement of food crops in tropical conditions. Examples of this increased commitment are the network of international agricultural research centers and numerous bilateral aid projects. As a consequence, crop improvement has become a truly worldwide endeavor, relying on an international network of institutions and collaborators. This holds also for Phaseolus beans. Following the discovery of the Americas, Phaseolus beans became distributed on all six continents. Yet, until not so long ago, most of the research on Phaseolus improvement took place in developed countries. In recognition of the nutritional importance of Phaseolus beans in developing countries, this has changed considerably in the last years, principally perhaps through the activities of the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) and the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR). Consequently, the scope of the research on Phaseolus has broadened considerably and the number of Phaseolus researchers is larger than ever before.

• agriculture
• base
• crop improvement
• development
• evolution
• food
• nutrition
• plant

`An extremely interesting book which is concluded by several nice coloured photographs.'
Euphytica, No. 45, 1990.

• Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California, Davis, USA

  Paul Gepts

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