DRY BEAN VARIETIES


Performance of Dry Bean Varieties evaluated near Columbia (Boone County) on the Agronomy Research Farm during 1999.

Planted: 3 June 1999Fertilizer: N=100; P2O5=50; K2O=50
Harvested: 21-22 October 1999Herbicide: Pre: Squadron
Planted Population: 111,500 Seeds/A.Post: Poast+, Basagran
Row Spacing: 7.5 InchesIrrigation: 0.00 Inches
Soil Type: Mexico Silt LoamPrevious Crop: Soybean
Soil Test: pH=5.9, OM=2.5%, P=40, K=270

Cyst Nematode Population at Planting: 0 Eggs / 250cc of Soil
Growing Season Rainfall: May=3.5, June=3.8, July=0.5, Aug.=0.6, Sept.=1.6, TOTAL=10.0 Inches

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                 Maturity   Plant    Lodging     Popu-        
                  Dates     Height     Score      lation     Yield
Brand-Variety    (Julian)  (In)       (1-5)     (Plts/A)  (Lbs/Acre) 
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                                 Black

Midnight##        244       15         1.4       29403       367*
19606-6           245       16         1.8       43016       364
Shiny Crow        237        9         4.4       16880       324
ICB 10-5          241       14         2.2       28314        90

                              Small White

A C Compass       241       15         2.1       29403       411*
Vista##           242       16         1.8       24503       228
Mackinac          245       17         1.6       28314       208
ND 91-076-01      244       16         2.1       21236       197
ND 91-117-05-02   243       13         2.3       23414       181
ISB 1814          243       12         1.6       17969       133
ISB 1256          243       16         2.2       24503        86

                            Great Northern

Matterhorn        219       11         3.3       26681       265
Weihing           231       12         3.5       28859       216
UI 465            238        9         4.8       19602       128
US 1140##         218        5         5.0       11979       112

                                Pink

Viva##            245       11         3.8       30492       200
L94C356           216        9         4.5        7079       157

                               Pinto

Mesa              245        9         5.0       19602       454*
Kodiak            229       11         3.5       20147       402*
Buster            231       11         3.9       15246       316
92235             221        8         4.7       27770       298
ISB 5893          245        6         5.0       23958       266
Chase##           245        8         5.0       22869       266
Elizabeth         234        7         4.3       23958       229
UI 320            232        6         4.6       11979       191
A C Pintoba       237       11         3.3       27225       137

                                Red

NW 63##           242        7         4.3       29403       178
UI 259            229       10         4.3       17424       124
     
                         Dark Red Kidney

A C Calmont       241       11         3.4       21780       198
Red Hawk          223        9         4.0       14157       157
Montcalm##        241        9         3.7       25592       143

                        Light Red Kidney

Chinook 2000      234        9         3.9       16335       309
Celrk##           224        9         4.4       23414       283

                         White Kidney

USWA-70           246       13         2.3       31037       522**
Lassen##          221        9         3.9       26681       311
Beluga            237       12         1.6       31037       260

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AVERAGE           236       11         3.4       23368       242
LSD.10             11        3         1.1          NS       156      
CV (%)            2.7     14.2        18.2        34.5      38.0
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**   Highest yielding variety in the maturity group.
*    Yield not significantly less than the highest yielding variety 
     in the maturity group.
##   Check variety.
NS   Not significant.

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