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US 12,324,399 B2Granted
Garden bean variety ‘Lunar’
AssigneeKws Vegetables B.V.
InventorGerthon Van De Bunt
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Abstract
A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated ‘Lunar’ is provided. Garden bean variety ‘Lunar’ is characterized by its dark green pods in mainly the 4 sieve class, heat tolerance, strong, compact and erect plant habit, and resistance to several races of Colletotrichum lindemuthiunum (Anthracnose) and Uromyces appendiculatus (Rust).
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A seed of garden bean variety designated ‘Lunar’, wherein a representative sample of seed of the variety has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44005.
A method for introducing a trait into garden bean variety ‘Lunar’, the method comprising:
- (a) crossing a plant of garden bean variety ‘Lunar’, wherein a representative sample of seed of the variety has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44005, with another garden bean plant that comprises a trait to produce F1 progeny plants, wherein the trait is selected from the group consisting of insect resistance, disease resistance, water stress tolerance, heat tolerance, improved shelf-life, improved nutritional quality, improved yield, and a combination thereof;
- (b) selecting one or more progeny plants that have the trait to produce selected progeny plants;
- (c) backcrossing the selected progeny plants with plants of garden bean variety ‘Lunar’ to produce backcross progeny plants;
- (d) selecting for backcross progeny plants that have the trait;
- and (e) repeating steps (c) and (d) one or more times to produce further backcross progeny plants that have the trait.
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