‘BRS Pitanga’: new dry bean variety of the small purple group
Carlos Agustin Rava, Luis Cláudio de Faria, Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da Costa, Maria José Del Peloso, Leonardo Cunha Melo, José Luiz Cabrera Diaz, Josias Correa de Faria, Heloisa Torres da Silva, Aloisio Sartorato, Priscila Zaczuk Bassinello, and Francisco José Pfeilsticker Zimmermann
The new BRS Pitanga cultivar of the small purple commercial group was released for cultivation in the State of Goiás and the Federal District. The cultivar has an erect plant growth habit and is resistant to four pathotypes of the causal agent anthracnose, to rust and to the bean common mosaic virus.