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.

The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Greenback 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.

The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGZ5486. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGZ5486 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGZ5486 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 SVGZ5486, including the pods and gametes of such plants.

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 SVGN1386. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGN1386 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGN1386 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 SVGN1386, including the pods and gametes of such plants.

The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line SVGZ5965. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of bean line SVGZ5965 and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGZ5965 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 SVGZ5965, including the pods and gametes of such plants.

The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Greenback 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.

Novel garden bean cultivars, such as bean designated HMX4104, HMX0164423, HMX0164444, HMX0164476 and/or HMX0164494 are disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of garden bean HMX4104, HMX0164423, HMX0164444, HMX0164476 and/or HMX0164494, to the plants and plant parts of garden bean HMX4104, HMX0164423, HMX0164444, HMX0164476 and/or HMX0164494, and to methods for producing a garden bean plant by crossing the garden bean HMX4104, HMX0164423, HMX0164444, HMX0164476 and/or HMX0164494 with itself or another garden bean plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing other garden bean plants derived from the garden bean HMX4104, HMX0164423, HMX0164444, HMX0164476 and/or HMX0164494.

A new variety of garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) designated Jaguar is provided. Garden bean variety Jaguar is characterized by its very dark green leaves and pods, good heat tolerance, and resistance to anthracnose fungus (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) and bean rust fungus (Uromyces appendiculatus).

The invention provides processes for marker assisted selection of common beans expressing volatile compounds that provide flavor traits associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and/or sequences flanking SNPs, as well as allele-specific oligo sequence primers configured to anneal to related SNPs and to report the presence or absence of SNPs with fluorescent signals using a PCR assay, a KASP assay (i.e., modified PCR assay), or other molecular marker assay, e.g., SSR, capable of identifying the presence or absence of SNPs and/or portions of flanking sequences of the SNPs, all of which enhances selection efficiency in common bean breeding strategies.