TABLE 2.
Information on faba bean germplasm used for genetic population construction and transcriptome analysis purposes
| Line | Origin/donor | Trait(s) of interest | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mapping population | |||
| Ac1655 | Australia | Rust resistance | European line (V‐300) introduced from Spain (Adhikari et al., 2016) |
| Albus a | Poland | Low tannin | White‐flowered (zt1), Albus (Latin) means white |
| Ascot a | Australia | Resistant to ascochyta blight | Selection from cv. Fiord. Original source of germplasm is Greece (Kaur, Cogan, et al., 2014) |
| BPL 10 a | Jordan | Nematode resistant | Pure line selection from accession IG 101769 (ILB 6) |
| BPL 228 (34Morocco) | Morocco | Pure line selection from IG 11335 (ILB 141) | |
| BPL 4628 | China | Frost tolerant | Pure line selection from IG 106387 (ILB 3009) from Anhui, China |
| CGN07715 | GAUG, Germany | Closed flower | From CGN grain legumes collection, Wageningen, Netherlands |
| Côte d'Or | INRA, France | Frost tolerant | Old French winter bean from Côte d'Or region of Burgundy (Picard et al., 1985). Yellow (buff) seed coat (Yg) |
| Disco | INRA, France | Low tannin | Low v‐c, white‐flowered (zt2) |
| Doza a | Australia | Rust resistance | Pedigree: Ac383 × triple White. Original sources of germplasm are Ethiopia and Sudan, respectively |
| Farah a | Australia | Resistant to ascochyta blight | Selection from cv. Fiesta (selection from BPL 1196 from Spain) ( Kaur, Cogan, et al., 2014 ) |
| Fiord a | Australia | The first faba bean cultivar released in Australia. Selection from Ac59 from the island of Naxos, Greece (Kaur, Cogan, et al., 2014) | |
| Hedin a | GAUG, Germany | Highly inbred and autofertile, small seed size, and high seed number | It has already been adopted in a number of genomics projects as a reference genotype. Released in 1986 and has “Herz Freya” in its background |
| Hiverna | Germany | Frost tolerant | Large‐seeded winter bean, from NPZ released in 1986 (Link et al., 2010) |
| ILB 938 (IG 12132) | Andean region of Colombia and Ecuador | Drought adaptation, chocolate spot and rust resistance | ILB 938 (BPL 1179) is the result of mass selection from ILB 438 (BPL 710) based on seed size (Khazaei, Link, 2018). It carries a rare allele (ssp1) that decouples pigmentation in flowers from that in stipules ( Khazaei et al., 2014b ) |
| Icarus a | Australia | Resistant to chocolate spot and rust | Icarus was derived from BPL 710 (see above) ( Kaur, Cogan, et al., 2014 ) |
| IG 12658 | Ethiopia | Dwarf | A dwarf accession carrying gibberellic acid deficiency gene (Hughes et al., 2020) |
| K1563 | China | Winter bean | Small‐seeded |
| Kasztelan | Poland | Low tannin | White‐flowered (zt1), the NIAB accession code is NV644 |
| Kristall 25 | Germany | Developed in Lochow Petkus in 1973 | |
| Mélodie | INRA, France | Low v‐c | High water use efficiency (Khazaei et al., 2014a) |
| Misr 3 | Egypt | Resistance to broomrape | Early flowering, small‐seeded. Pedigree: ((Giza 3 × ILB 938) × Cairo 241)) × (Giza 3 × 23A/45/76) (Attia et al., 2013) |
| Nova Gradiska | Croatia | Resistance to seed weevils (Bruchus spp.) (Carrillo‐Perdomo et al., 2019) | Small‐seeded |
| Nubaria 2 | Egypt | Drought adaptation | Adapted to the Nubaria region in Egypt. Late flowering, large‐seeded. Pedigree: ILB 1550 × Radiation 2095/76 |
| Nura | Australia | Resistant to ascochyta blight and moderate resistant to chocolate spot | Pedigree: Icarus × Ascot. Original sources of germplasm are Ecuador and Greece, respectively ( Kaur, Cogan, et al., 2014 ) |
| Optica | Netherlands | Resistant to freezing, low tannin | Large‐seeded, white‐flowered (zt1) |
| Quasar | UK | Resistance to seed weevils (Carrillo‐Perdomo et al., 2019) | Winter bean adapted to oceanic climate |
| Silian | Northern Sudan | Small‐seeded | |
| Vf6 | IFAPA, Spain | Resistant to ascochyta blight | Asynaptic breeding line program from Córdoba |
| Vf27 | IFAPA, Spain | Pod dehiscent | Paucijuga type |
| Vf136 a | IFAPA, Spain | Moderate level of resistance to broomrape | From the progeny selection of Vf1071 × alameda. Vf1071 is a broomrape resistant line selected from cv. Giza 402. Alameda is a commercial variety well adapted to southern Spain |
| 172 | Afghanistan | High levels of post‐harvest seed dormancy | Paucijuga type |
| 91825 | China | Winter bean | Large‐seeded |
| 29H a | INRA, France | Resistant to ascochyta blight | Small‐seeded breeding line developed at INRA |
| Transcriptome | |||
| AO 1155 | INRA, France | Low v‐c | Small‐seeded, white‐flowered (zt1) |
| CDC Fatima | Canada | An established cultivar developed for use in the prairie provinces of Canada. Selection from a landrace known as Chinese broad bean (Graf & Rowland, 1987) | |
| Hassawi‐2 | Saudi Arabia | Drought adaptation | Local landrace |
| SSNS‐1 | Canada | Small‐seeded | Bulk selection from cv. Ackerperle from Germany |
| Tongxian‐2 | China | Winter bean | Vegetable type |
| Windsor | UK | Large‐seeded, long pods | |
| Wizard | UK | High‐yielding with large attractive seeds, ascochyta blight resistance | Large‐seeded winter bean from Wherry & Sons, UK, released in 2002 |
| Y078 | China | Salt sensitive | |
| Y134 | China | Salt tolerant |
Note: ICARDA maintains faba bean germplasm in two classes, international legume bean (ILB) accessions from different countries, and bean pure line (BPL) accessions that are derived through selfing from accessions drawn from the ILB collection.
Abbreviations: CDC, Crop Development Centre; CGN, Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands; GAUG, Georg‐August‐University, Göttingen; ICARDA, International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas; IFAPA, Instituto de Investigación y Formación Agroalimentaria; INRA, Institut National de la Récherche Agronomique; NAIB, National Institute of Agricultural Botany; v‐c, vicine‐convicine.
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Used for both mapping and transcriptome research.