Evaluation of indigenous and introduced faba bean accessions in Guangxi

A set of 242 faba bean accessions from Yunnan,Hebei,Jiangsu,Gansu, Guangdong and Guangxi Provinces of China and from ICARDA,were tested in three years progressively for the agronomic traits,as well as for diseases resistance in the field for two years,in Nanning of Guangxi Province of China.Most accessions from Gansu,Hebei,Jiang- su and ICARDA have very low podding rates,while accessions fron Guangdong and Yun- nan were much better,and Guangxi indigenous accessions performed the best in Nanning. It revealed the narrow adaptability of faba bean with isolated ecological groups.Eight excellent accessions best suited to Guangxi were screened out for future use.