Article: Red beans getting better and better. (Science Update).(improved erectness, disease resistance, seed appearance, and canning quality)(Brief Article)

Plant geneticists and breeders have developed a unique pool of new red bean lines. These beans contain genes for improved erectness, disease resistance, seed appearance, and canning quality. The features of the new lines are so good that these beans are likely to become the sole source of material for breeding new red bean types. They are resistant to bean common mosaic virus and have improved yield. One of them also has resistance to several strains of bean rust.

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