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Present investigation was undertaken during 2012-2014 to generate information on the farmers’ perception and preferences about the variety, evaluation of the set of materials at the farmers’ field along with the farmers’ variety as a check through participatory varietal selection. Trials were laid at various locations of three districts summing to a total of three mother trials with one grand mother trial at the research station. The yield and yield attributing traits of all genotypes were taken on ten competitive plants of both grand mother and mother trial. The participatory varietal selection was carried out at farmer’s field through farm walk at pod development stage in order to assess the genotype through preferential scoring. The genotypes WB-83, WB-258 and WB-222 were selected and preferred by the farmers across locations and were found at higher in term of mean preference when compared by the farmers’. Farmer’s variety was the least preferred variety and was at par with the test genotype WB-258. Also genotypes WB-38, WB-222, WB-1011 were statistically found at below in term of mean preference when compared by the farmers’.
Keywords: Common Bean, PVS, Mother Trial, Preferential Scoring, Preferential Ranking.