| [physical, technological, and protein characteristics of wild and cultivated beans (phaseolus vulgaris l.)]. | the main purpose of this work was to observe and compare some physical, technological and proteinic characteristics of four bean seed cultivars developed in mexico, eight wild bean seed accessions collected in mexico and four wild bean seed accessions collected in south america. all of them belong to the species phaseolus vulgaris l. in the south american materials the seed size was very similar (mean = 10.4 g/100 seeds). nevertheless the water absorption was variable 36-64%, the percentages of ... | 1992 | 1341861 |