Université de Fribourg

QUES, a new Phaseolus vulgaris genotype resistant to common bean weevils, contains the Arcelin-8 allele coding for new lectin-related variants

Zaugg, Isabelle ; Magni, Chiara ; Panzeri, Dario ; Daminati, Maria Gloria ; Bollini, Roberto ; Benrey, Betty ; Bacher, Sven ; Sparvoli, Francesca

In: Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 2012, p. -

In common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), the most abundant seed proteins are the storage protein phaseolin and the family of closely related APA proteins (arcelin, phytohemagglutinin and α-amylase inhibitor). High variation in APA protein composition has been described and the presence of arcelin (Arc) has been associated with bean resistance against two bruchid beetles, the bean weevil...