Details for: PI 653256, Phaseolus vulgaris L., 'KIMBERLY'

Light colored slow darkening pinto Kimberly dry bean has an indeterminate semi-prostrate growth habit Type III with medium to large vine. Shape of the central leaflet of fully developed trifoliolate leaf is ovate with an average length of 10.5 cm and width of 8.0 cm. The flower bracteoles are medium-sized ovate shape. Flower color is white with the absence of stripes at the outer base of the standard. Kimberly is a full-season cultivar with mean of 97 d in southern Idaho. Average yield of Kimberly was 2323 lbs A-1 in southern Idaho in 2005 and 2006. Its 100-seed weighed 34 g. After eight months of storage Kimberly had seed coat darkening score of 5 compared to 6 for Othello , 7 for Poncho, and 9 for Kodiak. Kimberly has resistance to the NY-15 and US-6 strains of BCMV and the NL-3K strain of BCMNV. Such phenotypic reaction would indicate that Kimberly possesses the recessive gene bc-3 that imparts resistance against all known strains of BCMV and BCMNV. Kimberly also has the SCAR marker SW 13 indicating the presence of dominant I gene imparting resistance to all known strains of BCMV. Thus, Kimberly would be among the first publicly released pinto cultivars to carry that combination of pyramided resistance genes. Kimberly is also resistant to the race 38 of U. appendiculatus. However, Kimberly exhibits an intermediate reaction or small pustules when exposed to the rust pathogen race 53. Kimberly is moderately tolerant to Fusarium root rot and Beet curly top virus. Kimberly is susceptible to anthracnose, common bacterial blight, halo blight, and white mold. Kimberly has moderate to high levels of resistance to heat and intermittent drought stresses. However, Kimberly is highly susceptible to severe soil zinc deficiency and manganese toxicity hence planting in such soils without supplemental fertilizer should be avoided. Kimberly was developed for 100 days frost-free bean production regions of southern Idaho. Kimberly also has exhibited a broad adaptation in the USA.

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• Singh, S. P., H. Teran, M. Lema, M. F. Dennis, R. Hayes, & C. Robinson. 2008. Breeding for Slow-Darkening, High-Yielding, Broadly Adapted Dry Bean Pinto ‘Kimberly’ and ‘Shoshone’. J. Pl. Registr. 2(3):180. DOI: 10.3198/jpr2007.12.0708crc. Number of accessions cited: 2

• Singh, S. P., H. Teran, M. Lema, M. F. Dennis, R. Hayes, & C. Robinson. 2008. Breeding for Slow-Darkening, High-Yielding, Broadly Adapted Dry Bean Pinto ‘Kimberly’ and ‘Shoshone’. J. Pl. Registr. 2(3):180. DOI: 10.3198/jpr2007.12.0708crc.

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