Table 2.
Summary of sampling for early vegetative growth and biomass traits for Phaseolus, by species and cultivation status.
| Lifespan | Species | Status | Stem diameter | Node number | Stem height | Shoot dry mass | Root dry mass | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acc. | Plants | Acc. | Plants | Acc. | Plants | Acc. | Plants | Acc. | Plants | ||||
| annual | P. acutifolius | cultivated | 3 | 11 (9-12) | 3 | 11 (9-12) | 8 | 10 (2-25) | 9 | 6 (1-11) | 9 | 1 (1-2) | |
| wild | 5 | 16 (10-20) | 5 | 15 (6-21) | 7 | 16 (7-24) | 6 | 16 (10-21) | 6 | 4 (2-7) | |||
| P. filiformis | wild | 7 | 14 (10-19) | 7 | 14 (10-19) | 7 | 14 (10-19) | 7 | 7 (2-12) | 7 | 2 (1-5) | ||
| P. vulgaris | cultivated | 5 | 7 (3-14) | 5 | 7 (3-14) | 2 | 5 (4-6) | 4 | 7 (2-12) | 4 | 2 (1-2) | ||
| wild | 12 | 13 (2-22) | 12 | 13 (2-22) | 9 | 13 (2-22) | 12 | 9 (2-15) | 12 | 2 (1-4) | |||
| perennial | P. angustissimus | wild | 2 | 7 (6-7) | 2 | 7 (6-7) | 2 | 7 (6-8) | 2 | 2 (2) | 1 | 2 | |
| P. coccineus | cultivated | 10 | 9 (2-11) | 10 | 9 (2-11) | 13 | 9 (2-16) | 14 | 7 (1-14) | 12 | 2 (1-4) | ||
| wild | 5 | 9 (2-15) | 6 | 8 (1-15) | 4 | 12 (9-15) | 5 | 7 (1-11) | 5 | 2 (1-3) | |||
| P. dumosus | cultivated | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 (1-5) | 2 | 3 (2-4) | 2 | 1 (1) | ||
| P. maculatus | wild | 3 | 8 (2-18) | 3 | 8 (2-17) | 2 | 10 (2-18) | 3 | 6 (3-11) | 3 | 2 (1-3) | ||
“Acc.” refers to the total number of accessions used for each species/cultivation status combination. “Plants” refers to the average plant number among accessions studied for that trait (range of plant number in parentheses).