Registration of ‘Red Cedar’ Dark Red Kidney Bean

Abstract

‘Red Cedar’ dark red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) (Reg. No. CV‐323, PI 685023), developed by Michigan State University AgBioResearch, was released in 2017 as an upright, full‐season cultivar that possesses acceptable canning quality and tolerance to common bacterial blight (CBB) and root rots. Red Cedar was developed using pedigree breeding method to the F4 generation followed by pure line selection for disease, agronomic, and quality traits. In 6 yr of field trials, Red Cedar yielded 3250 kg ha−1, flowered in 40 d, and matured in 101 d on average. Plants averaged 48 cm in height, with a lodging resistance score of 1.8 and seed weight of 55.8 g 100 seed−1. Red Cedar is resistant to race 73 of anthracnose, is partially resistant to local isolates of CBB, is sensitive to strain NL 3 of Bean common mosaic necrosis virus, and is susceptible to bean rust race 22:2. Red Cedar produces seed that meets industry standards for dry seed packaging and was rated satisfactory in overall canned bean quality in the dark red kidney bean seed class.