Description:
Parentage: Charro, tested as MSU pinto bean breeding line P16901, was developed from a cross of Eldorado pinto cultivar and MSU pinto breeding line P11519. Eldorado pinto was a high yielding, upright pinto bean cultivar with good avoidance to white mold. MSU breeding line P11519 was an upright pinto bean that was derived from cross of Santa Fe/P07806. Santa Fe was an early season upright pinto bean cultivar from MSU.