Total seed protein variability in a sample of 163 entries of year-bean (Phaseolus polyanthus), including wild, feral and cultivated forms of the whole range of distribution in Latin America was studied using 1-dimensional SDS/PAGE and 2-dimensional IEF-SDS/PAGE. Ten different patterns were observ...
Schmit, Véronique
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Debouck, Daniel G.
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[Observations on the origin of Phaseolus polyanthus Greenman]
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Observations on the origin of Phaseolus polyanthus Greenman
The origin of 5 Phaseolus species cultivated in America (P. vulgaris, P. lunatus, P. coccineus, P. acutifolius, and P. polyanthus) is discussed within the context of a broader theory of the origin of this genus, for which 3 centers of origin may be defined: Mesoamerica, the northern and southern ...
Debouck, Daniel G.
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[Primary diversification of Phaseolus in the Americas: Three centres?]
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Primary diversification of Phaseolus in the Americas: Three centres?
Different aspects on the history, screening, and domestication effect on the evolution of the bean species are discussed, based on the concept of species domestication. Data are examined on plant systematics and geography, etnological botany, biochemistry, arqueology, and genetics of the crop. Th...