Description:
TARS-MST1 (tested as breeding line 01059-791), was developed from the single cross `Tacana? / VAX 6. Tacana is a high-yielding black bean cultivar developed in Mexico (Lopez-Salinas et al., 1997) with tolerance to Macrophomina phaseolina (causes ashy stem blight) and drought, and with high yield potential. VAX 6 is a small red bean germplasm line developed at CIAT (Singh and Mu?oz, 1999) with Phaseolus acutifolius-derived common bacterial blight resistance, and moderate heat tolerance.