Rangarajan et al. employ the functional–structural model SimRoot to explore how interactions among architectural phenes in common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae) determine the acquisition of phosphate and nitrate...
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Alex Assiry
Genepool of a year-long bean crop, Phaseolus dumosus
Studying the relationships between major crops and the secondary genepools of related species that are more resistant to climate challenges, Mina-Vargas et al. employ nuclear and chloroplast genetic markers to carry out...
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Ureide accumulation and drought inhibition of N2fixation
A study of common bean genotypes, with variable degrees of N2-fixation tolerance to water stress, finds variable accumulation of ureides in their leaves.
Basal root whorl number and P acquisition
BRWN is associated with increased phosphorus acquisition and this may have value for selection of genotypes with better performance in low-phosphorus soils.
Origins of determinate growth habit in Phaseolus
One of the traits that appeared during domestication of common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, is determinacy, in which stems end with a terminal inflorescence. Kwak et al. examine sequence variation in PvTFL1y, the gene that...
