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BRS Cometa: a carioca common bean cultivar with erect growth habit

Lessandro Coll Faria, M. J. Del Peloso, L. C. Melo, J. G. C. da Costa, C. A. Rava, J. L. Cabrera Diaz, J. C. de Faria, H.T. Silva, A. Sartorato, P. Z. Bassinello,

Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology · 2008 · 14 citations · 0 references

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AgricultureCrop SciencesPlant SciencesBreeding For Disease ResistanceCrop ProductionPlant GeneticsLegume CropsPlant Disease ResistanceBean Crop ProductionCommon Bean BreedingErect Growth HabitLodging Resistance Breeding

Abstract

BRS Cometa was developed by Embrapa Rice and Beans and registered by the Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (MAPA) for the states of Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Tocantins, Goiás and the Federal District of Brazil in view of its erect growth habit, earliness, good lodging resistance and resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthianum and to bean common mosaic virus.