| Oakes Irrigation Research Site | |||||||||||
| Carrington Research Extension Center * North Dakota State University | |||||||||||
| P.O. Box 531, Oakes, ND 58474-0531, Phone: (701) 742-2744, FAX: (701) 742-2700, E-mail: | Blaine.Schatz@ndsu.edu | ||||||||||
| Leonard.Besemann@ndsu.edu | |||||||||||
| Dry Edible Bean Variety Trials | |||||||||||
| L. Besemann and H. Eslinger | |||||||||||
| Dry edible beans play a significant role in irrigated rotations in southeastern ND. As universities and private companies develop new varieties it is important to test them upon their release. | |||||||||||
| MATERIALS AND METHODS | |||||||||||
| Soil: | Gardena loam and Embden loam; pH=7.1; 2.2% organic matter; soil N 17 lbs/acre; soil-P, soil K and soil-S was very high. | ||||||||||
| Previous crop: | 2013 - potato. | ||||||||||
| Seedbed preparation: | Spring conventional tillage. | ||||||||||
| Planting: | May 30 in 30 inch rows.. | ||||||||||
| Plots: | Plots were 17 ft long by 7.5 ft (3 rows) wide. The study had four replications. | ||||||||||
| Fertilizer: | Broadcast 25 lbs N/acre, 44 lbs P2O5/acre, 47 lbs K2O/acre and 19 lbs S/acre as 10‑18-19-8 April 21. | ||||||||||
| Irrigation: | Overhead sprinkler irrigation as needed. | ||||||||||
| Pest control: | Trust (1 pt/acre) May 29, Basagran (1.5 pt/acre) + COC (1.25% v/v) June 24, Raptor (4 oz/acre) + NIS (0.25% v/v) + AMS (1 lb/10 gal) July 7 and Section 2EC (8 oz/acre) + COC (1 pt/acre) July 9 for weed control. Endura (8 oz/acre) July 17 and July 24, T‑Methyl (26 oz/acre) July 31 for disease control. Kendo (3 oz/acre) July 17 for insect control. | ||||||||||
| Harvest: | Hand harvested bean varieties September 15 to September 22 as they matured. Harvest area for all bean varieties was seventeen feet of the middle row. Beans were threshed with a stationary plot thresher September 17 to September 23. | ||||||||||
| Table 1. Misc Bean Variety Trial at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2014. | |||||||||||
| Seed Yield | |||||||||||
| Market | Days to | Seeds/ | Seed | Test | 2 or 3-yr. | ||||||
| Variety | Class | PM | Pound | Weight | Weight | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | Avg. | ||
| grams/100 | lb/bu | ------------- lb/ac ------------- | |||||||||
| Eclipse | Black | 95.3 | 2269 | 20.0 | 61.5 | 2682 | 3130 | 3764 | 3192 | ||
| Merlot | Small Red | 100.0 | 1190 | 38.1 | 57.5 | 2727 | 2713 | 4072 | 3171 | ||
| Sedona | Pink | 98.0 | 1006 | 45.1 | 56.3 | 2870 | 3226 | 4330 | 3475 | ||
| Loreto | Black | 98.0 | 2264 | 20.1 | 61.6 | 2576 | 2880 | -- | 2728 | ||
| Rio Rojo | Small Red | 100.3 | 1340 | 33.9 | 65.0 | 3186 | 3285 | -- | 3236 | ||
| ND061106 | Light Red Kidney | 109.8 | 837 | 54.2 | 58.6 | 2555 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| ND061210 | Dark Red Kidney | 91.3 | 852 | 53.3 | 54.0 | 2224 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Montcalm | Kidney Bean | 93.8 | 826 | 55.0 | 54.3 | 1891 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Pink Panther | Kidney Bean | 84.8 | 809 | 56.1 | 50.7 | 1132 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Rosetta | Pink | 91.8 | 1213 | 37.4 | 60.1 | 2707 | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Mean | 96.3 | 1261 | 41.3 | 58.0 | 2455 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| C.V. (%) | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| LSD 0.10 | 1.4 | 35 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 191 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| LSD 0.05 | 1.7 | 42 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 230 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Planting date = May 30; Harvest date = September 15; | |||||||||||
| ND061106 = September 22; Previous crop = potato | |||||||||||
| Table 2. Navy Bean Variety Trial at the Oakes Irrigation Research Site in 2014. | |||||||||||
| Seed Yield | |||||||||||
| Days to | Seeds/ | Seed | Test | 3-yr. | |||||||
| Variety | PM | Pound | Weight | Weight | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | Avg. | |||
| grams/100 | ----------------- lb/ac ----------------- | ||||||||||
| HMS Medalist | 101.0 | 2496 | 18.2 | 63.0 | 2874 | 3320 | 2205 | 2800 | |||
| Avalanche | 97.3 | 2179 | 20.9 | 62.6 | 2463 | 2513 | 2341 | 2439 | |||
| Ensign | 95.3 | 2136 | 21.3 | 62.1 | 2936 | 3137 | 2478 | 2851 | |||
| Vista | 110.3 | 2333 | 19.5 | 63.3 | 2750 | 3363 | 2327 | 2813 | |||
| T9905 | 101.0 | 1921 | 23.6 | 62.2 | 3321 | 3883 | 2855 | 3353 | |||
| Norstar | 100.5 | 2430 | 18.7 | 64.8 | 2469 | 2199 | 1573 | 2080 | |||
| Mean | 100.9 | 2249 | 20.3 | 63.0 | 2802 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| C.V. (%) | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 6.0 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| LSD 0.10 | 1.0 | 66 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 208 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| LSD 0.05 | 1.2 | 80 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 253 | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Planting date = May 30; Harvest date = September 15; | |||||||||||
| Vista = September 22; Previous crop = potato | |||||||||||
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