Dissection of genomic regions associated with plant height and flowering time in a diverse panel of common snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) using GWAS
L. V. Aiyesa, Lyudmyla Malysheva‑Otto, T. Meyer‑Luepken, U. Lohwasser, B. Ruckwied, A. Himmelbach, A. W. Schulthess, J. C. Reif, Lars‑Gernot Otto
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important legume used as source of food protein, minerals, forage, biofuels, and contributes through nitrogen fixation (Jensen et al. 2011; Broughton et al. 2003) to reduce the negative impact of chemical fertilizers on the environment (Reay et al. 2012). Global production of dry beans (mostly Phaseolus vulgaris, but including other Phaseolus and Vigna species) reached about 28.5 million tons in 2023 with an acreage of 37.8 million ha (FAOSTAT 2025: https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/). Common bean is worldwide used as dry bean, but also the use as snap (syn. string) bean–unripe pods being consumed as vegetable–is popular and dominating the cultivation in Europe, with an estimated cultivated area of worldwide 133,344 ha and a harvest of 1.4 million t being reported for 2023 (FAO 2025: string bean)
