US-12622403-B2 - Garden bean variety black diamond

Abstract

The present invention provides novel garden bean cultivar Black Diamond 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.

Inventors

• Daniel James Wahlquist

Assignees

• SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20220318

Claims (20)

1. 1 . A seed of bean cultivar Black Diamond, a sample of seed of said cultivar having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202209046.
2. 2 . A plant of bean cultivar Black Diamond, a sample of seed of said bean cultivar having been deposited under NCMA Accession No. 202209046.
3. 3 . A bean plant, or a plant part thereof, having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the bean plant of claim 2 .
4. 4 . An F1 progeny bean plant of the plant of claim 2 .
5. 5 . A doubled haploid bean plant produced from the plant of claim 2 .
6. 6 . A plant part of the bean plant of claim 2 .
7. 7 . The plant part of claim 6 , wherein the plant part is a pod, a berry, pollen, an ovule, an anther, or a cell.
8. 8 . A tissue culture of regenerable cells of the plant of claim 2 .
9. 9 . A bean plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 8 , wherein said bean plant comprises all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of bean cultivar Black Diamond.
10. 10 . A converted plant produced by introducing a single locus conversion into the plant of claim 2 , wherein said converted plant comprises said single locus conversion and otherwise comprises all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of cultivar Black Diamond.
11. 11 . A processed product from the plant of claim 2 , wherein said processed product comprises dehydrated, cut, sliced, ground, pureed, dried, canned, jarred, washed, brined, packaged, refrigerated, frozen and/or heated pods, berries or seeds.
12. 12 . A method of producing seed, the method comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with itself or a second bean plant and harvesting the resulting seed.
13. 13 . An F1 seed produced by the method of claim 12 .
14. 14 . An F1 plant produced by growing the seed of claim 13 .
15. 15 . A method for producing a seed of a bean plant derived from the plant of claim 2 , the method comprising: (a) crossing a plant of bean cultivar Black Diamond with a second bean plant; (b) allowing seed to form; (c) growing a plant from the seed of step (b) to produce a plant derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond; (d) selfing the plant of step (c) or crossing it to a second bean plant to form additional bean seed derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond; and (e) optionally repeating steps (c) and (d) one or more times to generate further derived bean seed from bean cultivar Black Diamond, wherein in step (c) a plant is grown from the additional bean seed of step (d) in place of growing a plant from the seed of step (b).
16. 16 . A seed produced by the method of claim 15 , wherein the seed is within one breeding cross of bean cultivar Black Diamond.
17. 17 . A plant, or part thereof, produced by growing the seed of claim 16 .
18. 18 . A method of vegetatively propagating the plant of claim 2 , the method comprising: (a) collecting tissue capable of being propagated from a plant of bean cultivar Black Diamond; (b) cultivating the tissue to obtain proliferated shoots; (c) rooting the proliferated shoots to obtain rooted plantlets; and (d) optionally, growing plants from the rooted plantlets.
19. 19 . A bean plantlet or plant obtained by the method of claim 18 , wherein said plant comprises all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of bean cultivar Black Diamond.
20. 20 . A method of introducing a desired added trait into bean cultivar Black Diamond, the method comprising: (a) crossing the plant of claim 2 with a bean plant that comprises a desired added trait to produce F1 progeny; (b) selecting an F1 progeny that comprises the desired added trait; (c) crossing the selected F1 progeny with bean cultivar Black Diamond to produce backcross progeny; (d) selecting backcross progeny comprising the desired added trait; and (e) optionally repeating steps (c) and (d) one or more times to produce a plant derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond comprising the desired added trait and otherwise all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of bean cultivar Black Diamond, wherein in step (c) the selected backcross progeny produced in step (d) is used in place of the selected F1 progeny of step (b).

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention is in the field of garden bean plants, in particular, the invention relates to novel garden bean cultivar Black Diamond. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) variety designated Black Diamond. Garden beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are leguminous plants in the family Fabaceae and produce edible pod fruits, which can be eaten in the immature (green) state. The most common types of green beans include snap beans (also known as string beans), which have a fibrous “string” running the length of the pod, and stringless (or French beans), which lack the string. Commercially grown garden beans include “pole bean” cultivars, which have a climbing habit and “bush beans” that have a more bushy growth habit. Garden bean is an important and valuable vegetable crop for both the fresh and processed markets. Thus, there is an ongoing need for improved garden bean varieties. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the invention, there is provided a novel garden bean cultivar designated and referred to herein as Black Diamond, also known as SB4734. The invention also encompasses the seeds of bean cultivar Black Diamond, the plants of bean cultivar Black Diamond, plant parts of the bean cultivar Black Diamond (including pods, berries, seeds, gametes), methods of producing seed from bean cultivar Black Diamond, and methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the bean cultivar Black Diamond with itself or another bean plant, methods for producing a bean plant of cultivar Black Diamond containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes, and the transgenic bean plants produced by that method. The invention also relates to methods for producing other bean plants derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond and to bean plants, parts thereof and seed derived by the use of those methods. The present invention further relates to bean seeds and plants (and parts thereof including pods and/or berries) produced by crossing bean cultivar Black Diamond with itself or with another bean plant (e.g., an F1 hybrid seed or plant). In another aspect, the present invention provides regenerable cells for use in tissue culture of bean cultivar Black Diamond. In embodiments, the tissue culture is capable of regenerating plants having all or essentially all of the physiological and morphological characteristics of the foregoing bean plant and/or of regenerating plants having the same or substantially the same genotype as the foregoing bean plant. In exemplary embodiments, the regenerable cells in such tissue cultures are meristematic cells, cotyledons, hypocotyl, leaves, pollen, embryos, roots, root tips, anthers, pistils, ovules, shoots, stems, petiole, pith, flowers, capsules, pods, berries and/or seeds as well as callus and/or protoplasts derived from any of the foregoing. Still further, the present invention provides bean plants regenerated from the tissue cultures of the invention. As a further aspect, the invention provides a method of producing bean seed, the method comprising crossing a plant of bean cultivar Black Diamond with itself or a second bean plant. Bean cultivar Black Diamond can be the female and/or male parent. Optionally, the method further comprises collecting the seed. The invention further provides a method of producing a progeny bean plant, the method comprising crossing a plant of bean cultivar Black Diamond with itself or a second bean plant to produce at least a first progeny plant, which may optionally be a selfed plant or an F1 hybrid. Bean cultivar Black Diamond can be the female and/or male parent. Another aspect of the invention provides methods for producing hybrids and other bean plants derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond. Bean plants derived by the use of those methods are also part of the invention as well as plant parts, seed, gametes and tissue culture from such hybrid or derived bean plants. In representative embodiments, a bean plant derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond comprises cells comprising at least one set of chromosomes derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond. In embodiments, a bean plant or population of bean plants derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond comprises, on average, at least about 6.25%, 12.5%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% of its alleles from bean cultivar Black Diamond, e.g., at least about 6.25%, 12.5%, 25%, 30%, 35%, 40%, 45%, 50%, 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% of the genetic complement of bean cultivar Black Diamond. In embodiments, the bean plant derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond is one, two, three, four, five or more breeding crosses removed from bean cultivar Black Diamond. In embodiments, a hybrid or derived plant from bean cultivar Black Diamond comprises a desired added trait(s). In representative embodiments, a bean plant derived from bean cultivar Black Diamond comprises