Garden bean named 208996
AssigneeHarris Moran Seed Company
InventorD. Stephen Magnuson
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Abstract
A novel garden bean cultivar, designated 208996, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar 208996, to the plants of garden bean 208996 and to methods for producing a garden bean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 208996 with itself or another garden bean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid garden bean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 208996 with another garden bean cultivar.
Claims26
A Phaseolus vulgaris L. garden bean seed designated 208996, wherein a sample of said seed has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-4458.
A tissue culture of regenerable cells of a bean plant of variety 208996, wherein the cells regenerate plants expressing all the morphological and physiological characteristics of Phaseolus vulgaris L. bean line 208996, representative seeds having been deposited under ATCC number PTA-4458.
A method for producing a 208996-derived bean plant, comprising:
- a) crossing bean line 208996, a sample of seed of said line having been deposited under ATCC accession number, with a second bean plant to yield progeny bean seed;
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- b) growing said progeny bean seed, under plant growth conditions, to yield said 208996-derived bean plant.
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