Description:
Coral was developed from the cross of two MSU pink and small red breeding lines S14706/R13752. MSU breeding line S14706 was an upright pink seeded line derived from the cross: Rosetta/S11707. Rosetta (Kelly et al., 2012) is an upright, short vine, midseason, disease-resistant bean cultivar with good agronomic and quality characteristics. MSU breeding line R13752 was a tall erect drought tolerant small red seeded line derived from the cross: Merlot/SER48. The purpose of the cross was to combine desirable stiff stemmed structure and abiotic stress tolerance traits from R13752 with the erect architecture of a tall midseason pink bean suitable for direct harvest and correct the stem breakage issue observed previously in some environments in pink beans.