Table 1.

Common bean cultivars, gene pool group, origin, seed color, zinc and iron contents in the seeds

No.	Cultivar/line	Gene pool	Origin	Market class	Seed color	Seed Zn (ppm)	Seed Fe (ppm)
1	Jalo EEP558	Andean	Brazil	–	Cream	59.5a–c	8.9k
2	NUA 45	Andean	CIAT breeding line	–	Purple mottled	40.8f–h	74.6cd
3	NUA 35	Andean	CIAT breeding line	–	Purple mottled	47.4c–g	22.9i–k
4	NUA 56-1770	Andean	CIAT breeding line	–	Purple mottled	34.5gh	110.6ab
5	NUA 59	Andean	CIAT breeding line	–	Purple mottled	30.9h	34.2f–k
6	G 122	Andean	Indian landrace	Cranberry	Red mottled	41.1f–h	42.0e–j
7	NY6020-4	Andean	USA breeding line	Snap	White	47.0c–g	20.6i–k
8	Benton	Andean	USA	Snap	White	53.6a–f	74.5cd
9	Dorado	Mesoamerican	CIAT	Small red	Dark red	42.4e–h	84.3a–d
10	BAT 93	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	–	Cream	54.7a–f	42.1e–j
11	A 55	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	Black	Black	52.6a–f	22.2i–k
12	XAN 176	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	Black	Black	44.0c–h	17.2i–k
13	MIB 151	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	–	Light Cream	58.9a–d	64.4c–f
14	MIB 152	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	–	Black	58.3a–e	66.7c–e
15	MIB 154	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	–	Brown mottled	48.6b–g	92.8a–c
16	MIB 217	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	–	Black	42.8e–h	34.2f–k
17	MIB 465	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	–	Black	64.4ab	84.7a–d
18	MIB 466	Mesoamerican	CIAT breeding line	–	Pink with black specks	64.6a	57.6d–h
19	ND88-106-04	Mesoamerican	USA	Navy	White	49.8a–g	27.4h–k
20	Aztec	Mesoamerican	USA	Pinto	Cream mottled	53.9a–f	24.3i–k
21	Voyager	Mesoamerican	USA	Navy	White	43.4d–h	80.9b–d
22	Albion	Mesoamerican	USA	Navy	White	53.9a–f	28.8g–k
23	Mayflower	Mesoamerican	USA	Navy	White	53.6a–f	12.2jk
24	T-39	Mesoamerican	USA	Black	Black	45.0c–g	29.0g–k
25	Jaguar	Mesoamerican	USA	Black	Black	51.8a–f	55.2d–h
26	Othello	Mesoamerican	USA	Pinto	Cream mottled	45.1c–h	58.9d–g
27	Ryder	Mesoamerican	USA	Small red	Red	54.9a–f	33.3g–k
28	Vista	Mesoamerican	USA	Navy	White	49.2a–g	112.9a
29	BelNeb-RR-1	Mesoamerican	USA breeding line	Great Northern	White	49.6a–g	43.3e–i
Mean±SE						49.5±1.49z	50.4±5.46y
LSD0.05						15.94	30.8

^zSignificance at the 0.05 probability level on the basis of F tests with n−1 degrees of freedom.

^ySignificance at the 0.01 probability level on the basis of F tests with n−1 degrees of freedom.

^a–kMeans having common letter do not differ significantly.