Association mapping for five agronomic traits in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).

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BACKGROUND: The common bean is the most important grain legume and a major source of protein in many developing countries. We analysed the following traits: pod fibre (PF), seeds per pod (SPP), plant type (PT), growth habit (GH), and days to flowering (DF) for a set of diverse common bean accessions and determined whether such traits were associated with amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), simple...

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• Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis
• Breeding
• Chromosome Mapping
• Genetic Markers
• Phaseolus