COMMON BEAN VARIETIES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
Variety: K131
Variety: K132
Variety: NABE 1
Characteristics
Bush
Small-sized seeded
Tan/Khaki (Pinto) colour/cream mottled
85-90 days to maturity
Market class
Best suited for high altitude area >1500
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
2000- 2500 yield kg/ha
Drought tolerant
Tolerant to BCMV
Characteristics
Bush
Large seeded
Attractive seed colour
Fairly high yield potential 1500- 2000 kg/ha
80-90 days to maturity
Tasty and swells on cooking
Cooks fairly fast
Best suited for low-mid altitude area
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
Market class
Characteristics
Bush
Medium-sized seeded
Attractive seed colour
Fairly high yield potential 1000- 1500 kg/ha
80-90 days to maturity
Tasty and swells on cooking
Cooks fairly fast
Best suited for low-mid altitude area
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
Market class
Variety: NABE 2
Variety: NABE 3
Variety: NABE 4
Characteristics
Bush
Attractive Black colour
Small-sized seeded
85-90 days to maturity
2000-2500 yield kg/ha
Disease resistance to BCMV
Drought tolerant
Characteristics
Bush
Small sized seeded
Red colour
85-90 days to maturity
2000-2500 yi’2eld kg/ha
Disease resistance to BCMV
Characteristics
Bush
Medium-sized seeded
Attractive seed colour
Fairly high yield potential 2000- 2500 kg/ha
80-90 days to maturity
Tasty and swells on cooking
Cooks fairly fast
Best suited for low-mid altitude area
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
Market class
Variety: NABE 5
Variety: NABE 6
Variety: NABE 8C
Characteristics
Bush
Sugar bean
Large size seeded
Speckled colour
80-85 days to maturity
2000-2500 yield kg/ha
Market class
Characteristics
Bush
Small sized seeded
White colour
85-90 days to maturity
2000-2500 yield kg/ha
Market class
Drought tolerant
Characteristics
Local name: Gisenyi
Climber
Large sized seeded
Red colour
90-110 days to maturity
2500-3500 yield kg/ha
High altitude
Variety: NABE 9C
Variety: NABE 10C
Variety: NABE 11
Characteristics
Climber
Large sized seeded
White/black speckled colour
90-115 days to maturity
2500-3500 yield kg/ha
High altitude
Characteristics
Local name: Umubano Red
Small sized seeded
Red colour
Climber
90-110 days to maturity
2500-4000 yield kg/ha
Tolerant to anthracnose
Low/high altitudes
Characteristics
AFR 721
Bush
103 days to maturity
Variety: NABE 12C
Variety: NABE 13
Variety: NABE 14
Characteristics
Climber
Large seeded
Attractive seed colour
High yield potential 2500-3500 kg/ha
90-110 days to maturity
Tasty and swells on cooking
Large attractive fresh pods
Cooks fast
Conducive for mid-high altitude area (cool environments)
Has tender leaves
Spacing 60 x 20 cm
Market class
CharacteristicsK
Attractive red colour
Require mid- high altitude regions for proper colour dev’t
Large seeded
High yield (1500-2500 kg/ha)
Vigorous growth habits
Tolerant to bean root rot disease
Tolerant to low soil fertility
Market class
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
Mature in 80-90 days
Characteristics
Attractive red colour
Require mid- high altitude regions for proper colour dev’t
Large seeded
High yield (1500-2500 kg/ha)
Vigorous growth habits
Tolerant to bean root rot disease
Tolerant to low soil fertility
Market class
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
Mature in 80-90 days
Variety: NABE 15
Variety: NABE 16
Variety: NABE 17
Characteristics
Medium seeded
Market class
Early maturity (60-70 days)
Tolerant to bean anthracnose
Suitable for all regions
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
Tasty and swells on cooking
High yield (1800-2000 kg/ha
Characteristics
Medium seeded
Market class
Early maturity (65-75 days)
Tolerant to bean anthracnose
Suitable for all regions
Tasty and swells on cooking
Spacing 50 x 10 cm
High yield (2000-2500 kg/ha)
Characteristics
Market class quality
Highly Palatable
Medium seeded (46 g/100 seeds)
Oval seed shape
Good seed colour (Red mottled)
Maturity (58-75 days)
Yield (2000-2500 kg/ha)
Bush type (indeterminate bush)
Tolerant to anthracnose , BCMV, ALS, and other diseases
Variety: NABE 18
Variety: NABE 19
Variety: NABE 20
Characteristics
Northern Uganda Market
Highly Palatable
Large seeded (49.3 g/100 seeds)
Kidney seed shape
Dark seed colour preferred in northern Uganda (Purple mottled)
Maturity (63-78 days)
Yield (2000-2500 kg/ha)
Bush type (determinate bush)
Resistant to anthracnose , BCMV, ALS & tolerant to Root rot diseases
Characteristics
Market class quality
Highly Palatable
Medium seeded (40 g/100 seeds)
Kidney seed shape
Good seed colour (Red mottled)
Maturity (61-70 days)
Yield (2000-2500 kg/ha)
Bush type (indeterminate bush)
Resistant to anthracnose , BCMV, ALS, and tolerant most of other diseases
Characteristics
Market class quality (Kanyebwa type)
Highly Palatable
Medium seeded (41 g/100 seeds)
Oval seed shape
Good seed colour (Pink with red tan mottled)
Maturity (58-70 days)
Yield (1600-2200 kg/ha)
Bush type (indeterminate bush)
Resistant Tolerant to anthracnose , BCMV, ALS, and most of other diseases
Variety: NABE 21
Variety: NABE 22
Variety: NABE 23
Characteristics
Market class quality (Kanyebwa type)
Highly Palatable
Medium seeded (36 g/100 seeds)
Oval seed shape
Good seed colour (Dirty yellow with red tan mottled)
Maturity (58-70 days)
Yield (1500-2000 kg/ha)
Bush type (determinate bush)
Tolerant to anthracnose , BCMV, ALS, and most of other diseases
Characteristics
Northern Uganda Market
Highly Palatable
Medium seeded (42 g/100 seeds)
Kidney seed shape
Dark seed colour preferred in northern Uganda (Purple with white mottles)
Maturity (58-70 days)
Yield (1500-2000 kg/ha)
Bush type (determinate bush)
Resistant to anthracnose , BCMV, ALS, and tolerant to root rots and most of other diseases
Characteristics
Market Class (Kanyebwa type)
Highly Palatable
Large seeded (51 g/100 seeds)
Kidney seed shape
Good seed colour (Pink red tan speckles)
Maturity (64-75 days)
Yield (2000-2500 kg/ha)
Bush type (determinate bush)
Tolerant to anthracnose , BCMV, ALS, root rots and most of other diseases
Variety: NABE 26C
Variety: NABE 27C
Variety: NABE 28C
Characteristics
Dark red mottled seed
Early maturing
Climber
Released in 2012
Tolerant to Pythium root rot
Characteristics
Large pinkish seed
Pink pods at physiological maturity
Climber
Realesed in 2012
Characteristics
Red mottled seed
Attractive long and large fresh pods
Climber
Realesed in year 2012
Variety: NABE 29C
NARO BEAN 1
NARO BEAN 2
Characteristics
Very attractive red seed with
Shape similar to NABE 12C
Pod shape similar to that of NABE 12C , but slightly shorter
Clean pods at physiological maturity
Climber
Characteristics
Bush type
Large seeded
Attractive seed colour
High yield potential 100-200 kg/ha
60-90 days to maturity
Tasty and swells on cooking
Large attractive fresh pods
Cooks fast
Conducive for in mid altitudes
Do well in heavy rain rains
Spacing 60 x 10 cm
Market class quality (Nambale short)
Highly Palatable
Medium seeded (41 g/100 seeds)
Oval seed shape
Maturity (60--900 days)
Yield (1600-2200 kg/ha)
Bush type (indeterminate bush)
NARO BEAN 3
Yellow beans
Requires less rain during harvest
NARO BEAN 4 C
Climber
Do well in higher altitudes
NARO BEAN 5C
Climber
Do well in higher altitudes
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