Item DB/2/3/2 - GRA Crofton Correspondence: Data Base on Faba Bean Breeding/Parentage, Tanin Free Faba Beans and Seed Coat Colour

Extent: 1 folder

Correspondence and material for the faba bean data list including variety, parent/origin, original breeder, year and country and their research into Tannin free faba beans and seed coat colour. Croften was also writing a review of seed coat colours in Vicia faba. Croften sent copies of his relevant correspondence to Bond. Discussing their own research growing faba beans at home; the 'tendril mutant sibs' and 'independent vascular system' plants (2002). A translation of the J Picard paper 'Annales de l'Amélioration des Plantes' (1976) as 'An account of the inheritance of the absence of tannin character, in the seeds of the field bean (Vicia faba L)' translated by G R A Croften, Dr D A Bond and Dr G Duc. Letter to Croften about article they are working on 'Changes in Sowing data and Seed Rates for Winter Beans (over last 50 years)', (1998). Memo from Adrian J Shirlin about faba seed coat colours search results (1996). Letter to Professor Jose I Cubero (Cordoba University, Spain) on genetics of the inheritance of seed coat colour in Vicia faba and 'Grain Legumes in Spain'. Ideas for adding to ICARDA (The International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas) list. Letter to Gérad Duc about paper 'Two genes for White Flower' (2003) and collecting information for a data base of the breeding/parentage of faba bean varieties. Reprint: 'Potential seed multiplication problems arising from the existence of two genes for the absence of tannin in Vicia faba L.', G R A Croften, D A Bond and G Duc, in Plant Varieties and Seeds (2000) 13, 131-139.

Admin History: G R A Croften (Tony), D A Bond and Gérard Duc collaborated on three papers: 'A review of the genetics of seed coat colour and hilum colour in field beans with comments on some implications for national listing and certification' (1998), 'Seed multiplication problems arising from the existence of two genes for the absence of tannin in the seeds of Vicia faba L.' (2000) and ' 'The Management of the Two Genes for Zero-Tannin in faba beans'. They made a translation of an associated paper by Dr Jean Picard: 'Apercu sur l'herédité du caractére absence de tannins dans les graines de féverole (Vicia faba L.)', J Picard (1976): 'An account of the inheritance of the absence of tannin character in the seeds of the field bean (Vicia faba L).'