BRS Esteio – Common bean cultivar with black grain, high yield potential and moderate resistance to anthracnose
Helton Santos Pereira, Leonardo Cunha Melo, Luís Cláudio de Faria, Adriane Wendland, Maria José Del Peloso, Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da Costa, Adriano Stephan Nascente, José Luis Cabrera Díaz, Hélio Wilson Lemos de Carvalho, Válter Martins de Almeida, Carlos Lásaro Pereira de Melo, Antônio Félix da Costa, Sheila Cristina Prucoli Posse,
Mariana Cruzick de Souza Magaldi, Ângela de Fátima Barbosa Abreu, Cléber Moraes Guimarães, Jaison Pereira de Oliveira, José Aloísio Alves Moreira, Maurício Martins and Benedito Fernandes de Souza Filho
Abstract – BRS Esteio is a common bean cultivar with black grains of excellent cooking quality, suited for cultivation in 21 Brazilian States. In 77 trials of Value for Cultivation and Use, the cultivar had a normal cycle (90 days), an average yield of 2,529 kg ha-1, which is 8.1% higher than that of the control cultivars, a high yield potential (4,702 kg ha-1), upright growth, tolerance to lodging, and moderate resistance to anthracnose.