Germinability of beans (Phaseolus vulgarisL.) at low temperatures

✍ Scribed by E. Kooistra

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 358 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0014-2336
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00056080

✦ Synopsis

In a test on bean seeds for their germinating capacity at low temperatures good germination was found in Phaseolus trilobus AFT . and P . coccineus L . and also in a variety of P. vulgaris, viz Comtesse de Chambord . Particularly at soil temperatures below 15'C this latter variety germinated better than the other vulgaris varieties . The ability of Comtesse de Chambord to germinate at low temperatures could for a large part be retained in an attempt to combine this feature with good cultural properties of snap beans .