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US 2026/0271865 A1Published application
Garden bean variety ‘firejax’
AssigneeKws Vegetables B.V.
InventorGerthon Van De Bunt
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Abstract
A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated ‘FireJax’ is provided. Garden bean variety ‘FireJax’ is characterized by its dark green pods in mainly the 4 sieve class, heat tolerance, strong, compact and erect plant habit, and resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthiunum (Anthracnose) and resistance to many races of Uromyces appendiculatus (Rust).
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A seed of garden bean variety designated ‘FireJax’, wherein a representative sample of seed of the variety has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44515.
A method for introducing a trait into garden bean variety ‘FireJax’, the method comprising:
- (a) crossing a plant of garden bean variety ‘FireJax’, wherein a representative sample of seed of the variety has been deposited under NCIMB Accession No. 44515, 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 ‘FireJax’ 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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