Help maintain snap bean varieties such as - To prevent sporadic out-pollinations, grow each variety isolated from other varieties in separated plots.
- Identify and label the best plants in the garden. Select healthy plants that maintain the specific traits of the variety. Pay particular attention to the immature pod characteristics in the selection.
process: shape, size, colour, cross-section, and edibility.
- Harvest those labelled plants separately to complete drying.
- Thresh and verify if the seed traits correspond to the variety (shape, size and colour).
- Select healthy and whole seeds.
- Label the seed package including the name of the cultivar and date.
Description
We present methods to help maintain snap bean varieties. Essentially, maintaining a variety means:
i) to maintain its genetic identity, group of characteristics that distinguish it as well as good health status
ii) to preserve the seed viability, its ability to germinate in the short and medium term
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