BRS FC104 – Super-early carioca seeded common bean cultivar with high yield potential
Leonardo Cunha Melo, Helton Santos Pereira, Luís Cláudio de Faria, Marcelo Sfeir Aguiar, Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da Costa, Adriane Wendland, José Luiz Cabrera Díaz, Hélio Wilson Lemos de Carvalho, Antônio Félix da Costa, Válter Martins de Almeida, Carlos Lázaro Pereira de Melo, Márcio Ito, Mariana Cruzick de Souza Magaldi, Nilda Pessoa de Souza and Thiago Lívio Pessoa Oliveira de Souza
Abstract: BRS FC104 is a carioca seeded common bean cultivar with super-early maturity (mean of 65 days; emergence to physiological maturity) and disease resistance superior to other early maturity carioca seeded cultivars. Is is recommended for growing in 21 Brazilian states and has high yield potential (3792 kg ha-1), a mean yield of 2186 kg ha-1, and 6.9% higher mean of the relative yield compared to the control cultivars.