Morphological Seed Characterization of Common (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and Runner (Phaseolus coccineus L.) Bean Germplasm: A Slovenian Gene Bank Example
Table 3
Means or descriptive characters of different variables in 3 clusters for 47 accessions of runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus L.).
Cluster variables
Cluster 1
Cluster 2
Cluster 3
Quantitative seed characteristic
L (mm)
24.38
19.88
20.17
T (mm)
9.71
8.78
8.01
W (mm)
14.66
12.49
12.26
L/W
1.69
1.60
1.66
W/T
1.51
1.39
1.57
10 seed weight (g)
20.08
12.50
12.54
Qualitative seed characteristic
Seed colour
Colour mixture (100.00)
Colour mixture (100.00)
Light colour (83.33)
Number of seed colours
Two (100.00)
Two (100.00)
One (91.67)
Primary/main seed colour
Beige (66.67)
Black or brown (37.93)
White (91.67)
Predominant secondary seed colour
Brown (66.67)
Black or brown (37.93)
None (91.67)
Distribution of secondary seed colour
On entire seed (100.00)
On entire seed (96.55)
None (91.67)
Seed veining
Weak (83.33)
Weak (100.00)
Medium (58.33)
Seed shape
Cuboid/elliptic (83.33)
Cuboid/elliptic (62.07)
Oval/circular to elliptic (41.67)
Seed colour and coat pattern
Bi-colour: Pinto T type (50.00)
Bi-colour: Pinto T type (48.28)
One-colour: White (83.33)
Number of accessions
6
29
12
, % of main characteristic within each cluster; L, seed length; T, seed thickness; W, seed width; L/W, length/width ratio; W/T, width/thickness ratio.
