Background,
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The,navy,bean,(Phaseolus)vulgaris,L.),is,an,important,ingredient,of,the,
BriVsh,diet,,with,many,people,in,the,UK,relying,on,baked,beans,as,a,part,
of,their,fiveWaWday,nutriVon.,,
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All,of,the,baked,beans,we,eat,in,Britain,(~1.7,million,cans,per,day),are,
imported,,primarily,from,Canada,(Fig.%1).,
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The,navy,bean,is,a,potenVally,viable,rotaVonal,crop,for,UK,farmers,,
however,,and,homeWgrown,beans,could,appeal,to,people,in,Britain.,,
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In,addiVon,to,the,potenVal,market,value,of,locally,produced,navy,beans,,
growers,could,make,agronomic,gains,from,incorporaVng,a,leguminous,
break,crop,into,their,rotaVons,,which,could,promote,soil,renewal,a[er,
repeated,cereal,and,oilseed,rape,rotaVons.,,
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Project%overview,
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This,research,revives,heritage,navy,bean,lines,developed,
for,UK,condiVons,by,crop,scienVsts,at,the,NaVonal,
Vegetable,Research,StaVon,in,Wellesbourne,in,the,1980s.,,
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It,involves,applying,modern,DNA,sequencing,technology,
to,begin,mapping,genes,governing,the,traits,required,by,
a,variety,for,UK,farmers,to,grow,navy,beans,successfully.,
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A%successfully%adapted%culPvar%would%be%
!  coldWtolerant,for,seedling,establishment,in,spring,
!  resistant,to,diseases,occurring,in,the,UK,summer,
!  earlyWmaturing,so,that,the,crop,is,ready,for,harvest,in,
early,September,,before,the,onset,of,autumnal,damp,
weather,
Fig.%1.,Sources,of,dry,bean,imports,to,the,UK,in,2010,(FAO,c2013).,
120,
112.17%
2012:% 100,
Mean%
seed%yield%
per%rep%
(x100)% 80,
ContrasPng%parent%lines%
93.33%
89.67%
87.67%
60,
2013:%
46.46%
Mean%
plants% 40,
emerged%
per%rep%on%
24%Jun% 20,
41.07%
Applying%modern%genePcs%and%genomics%tools,
33.74%
26.70%
0,
White%seed%
Brown%seed%
JT15R%
JT45%
Fig.%2.,Mean,seed,yield,per,replicate,(x100),for,2012,field,trial,,and,
mean,plants,emerged,per,rep,on,24,June,for,2013,trial.,Error,bars:,SD.,
Contact:,A.J.Tock@warwick.ac.uk,
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One,of,the,parents,being,exploited,is,a,commercially,available,whiteW
seeded,culVvar,,with,good,yield,(Fig.%2),and,canning,characterisVcs,,and,
mulVple,disease,resistance.,,
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The,other,parent,line,is,a,larger,,brownWseeded,accession.,This,line,is,
more,coldWtolerant,and,resilient,,and,is,earlierWmaturing,,making,it,,
beber,adapted,to,UK,condiVons.,
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The,project,involves,developing,a,database,of,geneVc,markers,that,are,
wellWdistributed,across,the,genome.,,
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It,is,anVcipated,that,these,markers,–,some,of,which,will,act,as,signposts,
for,the,genes,(alleles),of,interest,–,will,improve,the,ability,of,breeders,to,
select,varieVes,combining,these,traits.,This,could,help,to,redress,the,
UK’s,trade,imbalance,with,regard,to,this,staple,food,crop.,,
Warwick Crop Centre
www.warwick.ac.uk/go/wcc,