Registration of ‘Long's Peak’ Pinto Bean

Methods to harvest the dry edible bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) crop have changed dramatically in the past 20 yr to accommodate direct harvest systems. ‘Long's Peak’ (Reg. No. CV-311, PI 665416; PVP No. 201200395) was released by the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station to provide dry bean growers with a high-yielding pinto bean cultivar with upright plant architecture for direct harvest systems, and disease resistance. It has medium maturity (95–99 d) and combines resistance to all strains of the common rust pathogen [caused by Uromyces appendiculatus (Pers.) Unger] in the United States and most strains of Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) and Bean common mosaic necrosis virus (BCMNV) with excellent seed color and weight. Rust resistance is conditioned by the combination of the Ur-6 and Ur-11 alleles. Resistance to BCMV and BCMNV is conditioned by the allele bc22. Mean seed yield over 11 locations in the Cooperative Dry Bean Nursery in 2011 and 2012 was 3109 and 2840 kg ha−1 for Long's Peak, respectively, compared with 3022 and 2856 kg ha−1 for the mean of five test cultivars. Mean seed weight for Long's Peak was 38.3 and 37.4 g 100 seed−1 compared with the mean 39.8 and 37.7 g 100 seed−1 among the test cultivars in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Long's Peak will provide producers a pinto cultivar with upright architecture, medium-season maturity, high yield potential, excellent seed quality, and unique resistance to endemic pathogens of the common bean.