CULTIVAR RELEASE – ‘BRS Campeiro’: New black bean cultivar for the South of Brazil

‘BRS Campeiro’: New black bean cultivar for the South of Brazil

José Eustáquio de Souza Carneiro, Luís Cláudio de Faria, Pedro Antonio Arraes Pereira, Maria José Del Peloso, Carlos Agustín Rava,
Joaquim Geraldo Cáprio da Costa, Geraldo Estevam de Souza Carneiro, Dino Magalhães Soares, José Luiz Cabrera Díaz, Leonardo Cunha Melo, Airton Nonemacher de Mesquita, Josias Correa de Faria, Heloísa Torres da Silva, Aloisio Sartorato, Priscila Zaczuk Bassinello and Francisco José Pfeilsticker Zimmermann

Abstract: ‘BRS Campeiro’ is the result of a mutational program developed by Embrapa Rice and Beans and the Nuclear Energy Center for Agriculture of the University of São Paulo. This cultivar, with an upright growth, superior yield potential, black seeds, and excellent cooking quality was released in 2003 for cultivation in the southern region of Brazil.

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