Novel bean plants, such as bean designated HMC016335 are disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of bean plant HMC016335, to the plants and plant parts of bean HMC016335, and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plant HMC016335 with itself or another bean plant. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other bean plants derived from the bean HMC016335.

Novel bean plants, such as bean designated PEARY are disclosed. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to the seeds of bean plant PEARY, to the plants and plant parts of bean PEARY, and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plant PEARY with itself or another bean plant. The disclosure further relates to methods for producing other bean plants derived from the bean PEARY.

The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV0579GG. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV0579GG, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV0579GG with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SV0579GG, including the pods and gametes of such plants.

Green bean plants exhibiting resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum are provided, together with methods of producing, identifying, or selecting plants or germplasm with a Sclerotinia sclerotiorum resistance phenotype and lacking an undesirable seed color trait. Such plants include green bean plants comprising introgressed genomic regions conferring disease resistance. Compositions, including novel polymorphic markers for detecting plants comprising introgressed disease resistance alleles, are further provided.

An edible bean seed designated as <11278> or COWBOY, a sample of the edible bean deposited under accession no. PI 678951 is disclosed. Methods of using the edible bean seed designated as <11278> or COWBOY for breeding new varieties of bean seed are also disclosed, as well as seeds of the edible bean seed designated as <11278> or COWBOY.

An edible bean seed designated as <12324-1> or Radiant, a sample of the edible bean deposited under accession no. PI 678952 is disclosed. Methods of using the edible bean seed designated as <12324-1> or Radiant for breeding new varieties of bean seed are also disclosed, as well as seeds of the edible bean seed designated as <12324-1> or Radiant.

The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Thompson and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean plants of the invention with themselves or another bean plant. The invention also provides bean plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.

A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated ‘Goldstrike’ is provided. Garden bean variety ‘Goldstrike’ is characterized by its bright yellow pods in mainly the 4sv class, heat tolerance and erect plant, and resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthiunum (Anthracnose) and intermediate resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv syringae (Bacterial Brown Spot).

A novel garden bean cultivar, designated HMX0164423, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of garden bean HMX0164423, to the plants and plant parts of garden bean HMX0164423, and to methods for producing a garden bean plant by crossing the garden bean HMX0164423 with itself or another garden bean plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other garden bean plants derived from the garden bean HMX0164423.

The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGF2074. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGF2074 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGF2074 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGF2074, including the pods and gametes of such plants.