De Silva, D.C.K.Alwis, L.M.H.R.2022-02-282022-02-282013http://www.erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/8452/16-EAG-Evaluation%20and%20Multiplication%20of%20Common%20Bean%20Germplasms%20Collected%20from%20Uva%20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=yCommon bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is one of the major and very popular vegetable crops in Sri Lanka. It belongs to family Leguminosae and genus Phaseolus. Uva region plays a major role in common bean cultivation of Sri Lanka as 2/3 of the common bean cultivation is commercially done in this region. There are mainly 23 common bean germplasms available among the farmers in Uva region (Bandara, 2012). There is a good demand for common beans in the international market (Ariyarathne, 2005). Therefore it is very essential to develop varieties comprised with promising characters. Thus this research was conducted to evaluate the common bean germplasm phenotypically and to multiply the collected germplasms which might be in assistance for the future plant breeding programs. Methodology This research was conducted at Uva Wellassa University, Badulla during the period of June to October 2012. Twenty three germplasms collected from Uva Region were phenotipycally characterized according to the characterization catalogue for common beans developed by Plant Genetic Resource Centre, Gannoruwa. There both qualitative and quantitative characters of leaves, stems, flowers, pods and seeds were considered. The collected germplasms are such as Kappetiola Nil (KN), Kentucky Wonder Green (KWG), Lanka Butter (LB), Cabri Kalu Ata (CKalu), Cabri Kaha Ata (CKaha), Maspanna Kaha Ata (MKaha) , Maspanna Kalu Ata (MKalu), Maspanna, Katugasthota Kaha Ata (KKaha), Katugasthota Kalu Ata (KKalu), Kalu Ata (Kalu), Kaha Ata (Kaha), Kalu Ata Roll (KAR), Kot Roll (KR1), Dik Roll Kalu (DRK), Dik Roll Sudu (DRS), Kola Roll (KR2), Kollu, Murunga Brown (MB), Gas Bonchi (GB), Sudu Bonchi (SB), Dumburu Ata (DA), Black Roll Murunga (BRM). Complete Randomized Design (CRD) with four replicates was considered as the experimental design. Collected data were analyzed using the Minitab 16 and SAS 9.2 Statistical Softwares. Quantitative data were analyzed with one way ANOVA with Fishers LSD value mean separation process. Qualitative data were tabulated and scores were given for those characters. A dendogram was created considering the scores of qualitative characters and the mean values of quantitative characters to identify the similarities of the germplsms. Results and Discussion The qualitative and quantitative characters shown in table 1 and 2 are the highly variable characters among the germplasm. KAR posses the highest inflorescence length and the shortest is from Maspanna, DRK and Kollu. No. of pods per inflorescence is highest in DRS. Maximum number of flower buds can be seen in MB and the minimum days to flowering can be observed in MB, KAR, Kaha, Kalu, KKaha and KR2. Even though the research was carried out for 23 germplasms, the evaluation was only completed for 18 due to the non viability condition of seeds used for planting.enAgricultureExport AgricultureVegetable CultivationCrop ProductionCrop Production TechnologyOther