Genetic Resources of Phaseolus Beans : Their Maintenance, Domestication, Evolution and Utilization

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.