Drought is one of the limiting factor in common bean, development of common bean varieties that adapted to drought situations is the main focus for improving food crops. In this study, 25 genotypes of common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) were grown under drought stress and non-stress conditions. The field work was conducted at Melkassa Agricultural Research Center during the off-season that lai...

to study the phenotypic and genotypic diversity of some important agronomic traits associated with yield in white beans, 30 genotypes of white bean were evaluated using a randomized complete block design with four replications in two environments under water stress and non stress conditions. analysis of variance for most of the traits showed significant differences among genotypes, indicating t...

the effect of water stress were studied on the agronomic traits related to yield of common bean by planting 32 genotypes in normal and water deficit conditions. these genotypes were evaluated in randomized complete block design with three replications in experimental field of faculty of agriculture, university of tehran, karaj campus in 2007. analysis of variance showed that there were signific...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume, cultivated by small farmers and is usually exposed to unfavorable conditions with minimum use of inputs. Drought and low soil fertility, especially phosphorus and nitrogen (N) deficiencies, are major limitations to bean yield in smallholder systems. Beans can derive part of their required N from the atmosphere through symbio...

Drought stress is the most common environmental stress that can significantly influence crop productivity. In this study, morphological and biochemical properties of 17 genotypes of common bean were evaluated under different levels of drought stress and the most sensitive and tolerant genotypes were identified using multivariate analysis. The results indicated that morphological and biochemical...

of Research Achievements and Impacts In the past year significant progress was achieved in all activities of the project. Numerous genotypes were screened for root traits conferring adaptation to drought and low soil fertility. These include inbred backcross lines developed at Zamorano and IIAM to introgress superior root traits into elite cultivars, and a range of genotypes from Africa and the...