CULTIVAR RELEASE – IAC-Galante and IAC-Centauro; special common bean types

IAC-Galante and IAC-Centauro; special common bean types

Sérgio Augusto Morais Carbonell, Alisson Fernando Chiorato, Cássia Regina Limonta Carvalho, Luciana Lasry Benchimol, Ana Luiza Ahern Beraldo, João Guilherme Ribeiro Gongalves, Marcelo Ticelli, Paulo Sérgio de Souza and Paulo Boller Gallo

Abstract: Common bean types with pinkish and light brown teguments were predominant in Brazil before 1970, until the release of the Carioca common bean. To avoid that these common bean types sink into oblivion, the Instituto Agronômico Campinas applied for the registration of two cultivars by the MAPA/RNC; IAC-Galante (pinkish) and IAC-Centauro (light brown), with high yield and resistance to anthracnose and common mosaic.

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