Development of legumes collection and its investigation for morphogenetic properties

Abstract

Basic morphogenetic features have been studied aсross the collection of legumes, and namely for common bean, Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Kazakhstani, American, Chinese, Czech, Polish, Russian, and Turkish), from different soil and climatic areas. The collection was grown under mountain and steppe zone conditions of the Almaty Region. A number of useful genetic stocks have been identified for argonomically desirable traits. Investigations on domestic as introduced set of cultivars and lines are also in progress with respect to biochemical, cytogenetic and other properties for use in further breeding work.