Phaseolus in Archaeology

Abstract

Section I: Phaseolus Germplasm Exploration and Maintenance -- Phaseolus Germplasm Exploration -- Phaseolus Seed Storage Methodologies -- A Centralized Database for the Common Bean and Its Use in Diversity Analysis -- The Phaseolus World Collection -- A Base Collection of wild and Botanical Forms of Phaseoleae-Phaseolinae -- The International Phaseolus Germplasm Network -- Section II: Domestication and Evolution of Phaseolus sp. with Special Reference to P. vulgaris -- Phaseolus in Archaeology -- Morphological, Physiological, and Biochemical Changes in Phaseolus Beans under Domestication -- The Wild Relative of Phaseolus vulgaris in Middle America -- The Wild Ancestor of Phaseolus vulgaris in South America -- Phaseolin as an Evolutionary Marker -- Section III: Genetics of Phaseolus Vulgaris -- Genotypic and Phenotypic Markers in Common Bean -- Linkage Mapping of Marker Genes in Common Bean -- Genetic Structure of Bean Landraces in Malawi -- A Middle American and an Andean Common Bean Gene Pool -- Section IV: Genetic Resources, Domestication, and Evolution of Other Cultivated Phaseolus Species -- Genetic Resources, Domestication, and Evolution of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus) -- Evolution and Diversity of Phaseolus acutifolius Genetic Resources -- Variation, Taxonomy, Domestication, and Germplasm Potentialities in Phaseolus coccineus -- Section V: Utilization of Phaseolus Genetic Resources -- Phaseolus Genetic Resources and Breeding in Brazil -- Interspecific Hybridization between Phaseolus vulgaris and P. acutifolius -- Selection Methods in the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) -- Transfer of Quantitative Traits in Wide Crosses Involving the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) -- Utilization of Genetic Resources in the Development of Commercial Bean Cultivars in the U.S.A. -- Color Plates.