**2.1 Material**

Plant material consisted of a collection of 22 faba bean accessions derived from Syria, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, Egypt, Yemen, Israel, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Afghanistan, India, Australia, and Poland (**Table 1**). Information about seed coat color and 100 seed weight was provided on the basis of results obtained in a field experiment conducted in Cerekwica (Poland, 51°55′N, 17°21′E).

Description of faba bean seeds is reported in **Table 1**.
