DEVELOPMENT

UC Beija-Flor is an F10 progeny from the 2000-01 UCD greenhouse cross #17 of CIAT accession G25165 with Vine Baby Lima variety Cariblanco N.

BREEDING HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION

UC Beija-Flor is a bush baby lima with dark green leaves.  It matures at 110 days.

ADAPTATION

UC Beija-Flor has performed well in the current bean production areas of the Sutter Basin and Tracy regions.

PEST AND DISEASE RESISTANCE

UC Beija-Flor is resistant to lygus and to root knot nematode species M. javanica and M. incognita.

SEED CLASSES AND PRODUCTION

Classes of seed will be Breeder, Registered, Foundation, and Certified.