Using phenomics to identify and integrate traits of interest for better-performing common beans: A validation study on an interspecific hybrid and its Acutifolii parents

Evaluations of interspecific hybrids are limited, as classical
genebank accession descriptors are semi-subjective, have qualitative traits
and show complications when evaluating intermediate accessions. However,
descriptors can be quantified using recognized phenomic traits. This
digitalization can identify phenomic traits which correspond to the
percentage of parental descriptors remaining expressed/visible/measurable
in the particular interspecific hybrid. In this study, a line of P. vulgaris, P.
acutifolius and P. parvifolius accessions and their crosses were sown in the
mesh house according to CIAT seed regeneration procedures.