‘BRS Pontal’: new common bean cultivar with Carioca grain type
Maria José Del Peloso, Leonardo Cunha Melo, Luís Cláudio de Faria, Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da Costa, Carlos Agustín Rava, Geraldo Estevam de Souza Carneiro, Dino Magalhães Soares, José Luiz Cabrera Díaz, Angela de Fátima Barbosa Abreu, Josias Correa de Faria, Aloísio Sartorato, Heloisa Torres da Silva, Priscilla Zaczuck Bassinello, and Francisco José Pfeilsticker Zimmermann
BRS Pontal was derived from the cross BZ3836//FEB166/AN 910523 by Embrapa Rice and Beans. Owing to its productivity and disease resistance, it was released in 2003 for cultivation in the States of Goiás/Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Minas Gerais.