Phaseolus vulgaris

The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a member of the bean family (Fabaceae) and is an important food crop. Both the plant itself and the beans it produces are highly variable in appearance and many different cultivars exist, such as green beans, kidney beans, and pinto beans. Beans are high in nutritional value, but produce harmful metabolites as well. Many beans contain a small amount of phytohaemagglutinin, a specific carbohydrate-binding protein that is toxic in high quantities. The common bean is diploid with a genome size of 587 Mb.

 

Genome release:

https://www.nature.com/articles/ng.3008

Schmutz, J., McClean, P.E., Mamidi, S., Wu, G.A., Cannon, S.B., Grimwood, J., Jenkins, J., Shu, S., Song, Q., Chavarro, C. and Torres-Torres, M., 2014. A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications. Nature genetics, 46(7), p.707.

Content written by Galyna Vakulenko Summer Intern 2018