Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/20
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences included grower groups, seed company breeders and representatives, processing companies, food companies, international agricultural stations, NGOs, academic/research institutions and training sites. These included multiple international seed companies, grower groups including NYSVRA/C and the dry bean advisory board, international KARI centers in Kenya, CIIFAD, collaborative researchers and institutions throughout the USA. The activities also involved outreach with retailers including Wegmans supermarkets, and interactions through direct on farm trials. Products were also sent to Row 7 seeds for evaluation by chefs. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A visiting scientist (Andre Lasmar) from Brazil was trained in evaluating and selecting beans developed with upright architecture for higher density plantings, he returned to Brazil 2015-2017 and we continue to communicate and collaborate. Graduate student Hannah Swegarden was trained in virus identification and evaluation, and development and selection of populations for bean seed-coat color. The rainbow kidney beans were increased as a research project as part of the summer scholar initiative, the student Margot Pitney worked on this project in 2018 examining nutritional components of seed-coat color relative to cooking, canning and color retention. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A presentation was given in March 2020to the dry bean grower groups and processors in Batavia NY. Due to Covid most presentations were virtual but were presented via VBI virtual field days and to multiplecompanies and stajeholder collaborators via zoom/powerpoint. Efforts are underway to work with Wegmans and Mike Kreher (largest organic grower in NY State) to investigate new markets for black kidney beans, and with Row 7 and NYC chefs for availability in consumer markets. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, new populations will be advanced combining optimal combinations of plant type and seedcoat color. These will be screened in greenhouse and field trials, identifying new breeding lines that can be advanced to cultivars providing yield stability and new market class products. Populations of the Andean market classes snap bean and red kidney bean are also being developed with the upright vine architecture for increased yield and as options for smallholder and organic growers. New rainbow kidney bean breeding lines will be advanced and field tested in organic plots at Freeville NY and in collaborationwith growers/seed companies including canning trials for quality and evaluation of new product opportunities. High color retention will continue to be introgressed into the black bean market class, a trait that could be transformative to the industry.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1.New dry bean and snap bean breeding lines are being developed in the upright vine plant architecture that are targeted for small farm and international markets that will be promising for organic agriculture in particular.Multi-colored kidney bean breeding lines are being developed and stabilized in the same plant background, new black kidney bean lines have been developed (BK1 and BK33), they have generated significant interest among canners together with the new purple kidney bean line UPRK45 and the new mini kidney bean NYD4. These are being tested withprocessors, seed companies and retailors as a new product line. Other kidney bean breeding lines are being selected in the colors: white, yellow, pink, light red, dark red, purple, chestnut andblack. Heat tolerant germplasm previously selected that can reduce pod abortion or split-set during high temperatures has been incorporated through crosses and field tested in summer trials and at sites in Homabay, Kenya.New black beans are being developed with excellent seed-coat color retention (BB6 and BB13) that are retainfar greater color than current market varieties. This could be transformative to the canning industry and all retail outlets that rely on high aesthetic color quality without the addition of chemicals like ferrous carbamate. It also likely leads to improved nutrition of the cooked product.Populationsof common bean lines previously bred for white mold resistance wereadvanced to select new breeding lines. 2. Heat tolerant genotypes were evaluated for yield under heatstress in collaboration with USDA-TARS Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and with ACL in Homabay Kenya. The most promising of thesematerials were advanced in greenhouses to ship to Kenya, Puerto Rico and the Netherlands. These snap bean breeding lines were developed with rust resistance (Ur4 and Ur11) that was introgressed from USDA Beltsville, they have previously been tested in Kenya.Testing of heat tolerant snap bean line CHT7by Dr. Porch in Southern Africa showed significant promise. The snap bean association panel compiled has been shared with other mutli-state collaborators. Collaborative testing of materials was made through the dry bean nursery trials organized by Dr. Urrea at the University of Nebraska. New rainbow kidney beans were distributed to seed company collaborators for testing. New breeding lines are being tested with chefs in collaboration with Row 7. Canning and cooking trials have been undertaken by Bondouelle and Furmano beans.
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Progress 10/01/18 to 09/30/19
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences included grower groups, seed company breeders and representatives, processing companies, food companies, international agricultural stations, NGOs, academic/research institutions and training sites. These included multiple international seed companies, grower groups including NYSVRA/C and the dry bean advisory board, international KARI centers in Kenya, CIIFAD, collaborative researchers and institutions throughout the USA. The activities also involved outreach with retailers including Wegmans supermarkets, and interactions through direct on farm trials. Presentations were made to multiple seed companies and stakeholders including growers and processors during the reporting period. Significant interest is being generated in the high seedcoat color retention black beans, the purple kidney bean lines, the mini kidney lines and the black kidney lines. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A visiting scientist (Andre Lasmar) from Brazil was trained in evaluating and selecting beans developed with upright architecture for higher density plantings, he has since returned to Brazil and we continue to communicate. Graduate student Hannah Swegarden was trained in virus identification and evaluation, and development and selection of populations for bean seed-coat color. The rainbow kidney beans were increased as a research project as part of the summer scholar initiative, the student Margot Pitney worked on this project as a summer scholarexamining nutritional components of seed-coat color relative to cooking, canning and color retention. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A presentation was given in March 2019to the dry bean grower groups and processors. Reports and a visits weremade to field trials in the US, and in Kenya in April 2019- including visits to growers in those areas to disseminate knowledge. Materials were demonstrated to seed company breeders and individuals at the Cornell VBI field days in August 2019and through independent visits. Outreach meetings with dry bean growers and retailers generated feedback to promotion of new products into the marketplace, including working with Wegmans and Mike Kreher (largest organic grower in NY State) to investigate new markets for black kidney beans. Processors are taking a keen interest in the advancement of high color retention black beans. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During materials will be screened in greenhouse trials, identifying new breeding lines that can be advanced to cultivars providing yield stability and adaptation to NE growing regions. Populations of the Andean market classes snap bean and red kidney bean are also being developed with the upright vine architecture for increased yield and as options for smallholder and organic growers. New rainbow kidney bean breeding lines will be advanced and field tested in organic plots at Freeville and in collaborationwith growers/seed companies including canning trials for quality and evaluation of new product opportunities. High color retention will continue to be introgressed into the black bean market class, a trait that could be transformative to the industry.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Screening and selection of common bean lines previously bred for white mold resistance was undertaken in greenhouse trials to improve the plant type of the most resistant lines, and new breeding lines were tested. Virus resistant genes have beenintrogressed into snap bean from multiple sources to protect against cucumber mosaic virus, additionally resistance to clover yellow vein virus, bean common mosaic virus, bean common mosaic necrosis virus and bean yellow mosaic virus have been generated. Resistance to the viruses has beenintrogressed into the same recurrent parent type, the pyramided genes provide resistance to CMV, not seen in any other genotypes. These materials were selected and the most promising lines selected which are currently being increased to test in field trials. New dry bean and snap bean breeding lines are being developed in the upright vine plant architecture that are targeted for small farm and international markets that will be promising for organic agriculture in particular.Rainbow kidney bean breeding lines are being developed and stabilized in the same background, the black kidney, they have generated significant interest among canners,processors and retailors as a new product line. Kidney beans are being selected in the colors: white, yellow, pink, light red, dark red, purple, chestnut andblack. Heat tolerant germplasm previously selected that can reduce pod abortion or split-set during high temperatures has been incorporated through crosses and field tested in summer 2019at sites in Homabay, Kenya.New black beans are being developed with excellent seed-coat color retention that is far greater than current market varieties. This could be transformative to the canning industry and all retail outlets that rely on high aesthetic color quality without the addition of chemicals like ferrous carbamate. It also likely leads to improved nutrition of the cooked product. These were tested against varieties in trials in 2019 and canning trials were undertaken to evaluate color retention. Populations are currently being advanced. 2. Heat tolerant genotypes were evaluated for yield under heatstress in collaboration with USDA-TARS Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and with ACL in Homabay Kenya. Snap bean breeding lines have been developed with rust resistance (Ur4 and Ur11) that was introgressed from USDA Beltsville have also tested in Kenya.Testing of heat tolerant snap beans by Dr. Porch in Southern Africa showed significant promise. The snap bean association panel has been shared with Dr. Myers at OSU and other mutli-state collaborators. Collaborative testing of materials was made through the dry bean nursery trials organized by Dr. Urrea at the University of Nebraska and two entries were made with promising yield data and performance. New rainbow kidney beans were distributed to seed company collaborators for testing. A snap bean association panel has been increased and shared with the W3150 collaborators. Additionally heat tolerant materials have been distributed to seed company collaborators.
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Progress 10/01/17 to 09/30/18
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences included grower groups, seed company breeders and representatives, processing companies, food companies, international agricultural stations, NGOs, academic/research institutions and training sites. These included multiple international seed companies, grower groups including NYSVRA/C and the dry bean advisory board, international KARI centers in Kenya, CIIFAD, collaborative researchers and institutions throughout the USA. The activities also involved outreach with retailers including Wegmans supermarkets, and interactions through direct on farm trials. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A visiting scientist (Andre Lasmar) from Brazil was trained in evaluating and selecting beans developed with upright architecture for higher density plantings, he returned to Brazil 2015-2017 and we continue to communicate and collaborate. Graduate student Hannah Swegarden was trained in virus identification and evaluation, and development and selection of populations for bean seed-coat color. The rainbow kidney beans were increased as a research project as part of the summer scholar initiative, the student Margot Pitney worked on this project in 2018 examining nutritional components of seed-coat color relative to cooking, canning and color retention. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A presentation was given in March 2018 to the dry bean grower groups and processors. Reports and a visits weremade to field trials in the US, and in Kenya in April 2018 - including visits to growers in those areas to disseminate knowledge. Materials were demonstrated to seed company breeders and individuals at the Cornell VBI field days in August 2018and through independent visits. Outreach meetings with dry bean growers and retailers generated feedback to promotion of new products into the marketplace, including working with Wegmans and Mike Kreher (largest organic grower in NY State) to investigate new markets for black kidney beans. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, new populations will be advanced combining optimal combinations of virus resistance genes for evaluation of field resistance to CMV. These will be screened in greenhouse trials, identifying new breeding lines that can be advanced to cultivars providing yield stability. Populations of the Andean market classes snap bean and red kidney bean are also being developed with the upright vine architecture for increased yield and as options for smallholder and organic growers. New rainbow kidney bean breeding lines will be advanced and field tested in organic plots at Freeville and in collaborationwith growers/seed companies including canning trials for quality and evaluation of new product opportunities. High color retention will continue to be introgressed into the black bean market class, a trait that could be transformative to the industry.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
1. Screening and selection of common bean lines previously bred for white mold resistance was undertaken in greenhouse trials to improve the plant type of the most resistant lines, and new breeding lines were tested. Virus resistant genes have beenintrogressed into snap bean from multiple sources to protect against cucumber mosaic virus, additionally resistance to clover yellow vein virus, bean common mosaic virus, bean common mosaic necrosis virus and bean yellow mosaic virus have been generated. Resistance to the viruses has beenintrogressed into the same recurrent parent type, the pyramided genes provide resistance to CMV, not seen in any other genotypes. These materials were selected and the most promising lines selected which are currently being increased to test in field trials. New dry bean and snap bean breeding lines are being developed in the upright vine plant architecture that are targeted for small farm and international markets that will be promising for organic agriculture in particular.Rainbow kidney bean breeding lines are being developed and stabilized in the same background, the black kidney, they have generated significant interest among canners,processors and retailors as a new product line. Kidney beans are being selected in the colors: white, yellow, pink, light red, dark red, purple, chestnut andblack. Heat tolerant germplasm previously selected that can reduce pod abortion or split-set during high temperatures has been incorporated through crosses and field tested in summer 2018at sites in Homabay, Kenya.New black beans are being developed with excellent seed-coat color retention that is far greater than current market varieties. This could be transformative to the canning industry and all retail outlets that rely on high aesthetic color quality without the addition of chemicals like ferrous carbamate. It also likely leads to improved nutrition of the cooked product. 2. Heat tolerant genotypes were evaluated for yield under heatstress in collaboration with USDA-TARS Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and with ACL in Homabay Kenya. Snap bean breeding lines have been developed with rust resistance (Ur4 and Ur11) that was introgressed from USDA Beltsville have also tested in Kenya.Testing of heat tolerant snap beans by Dr. Porch in Southern Africa showed significant promise. The snap bean association panel has been shared with Dr. Myers at OSU and other mutli-state collaborators. Collaborative testing of materials was made through the dry bean nursery trials organized by Dr. Urrea at the University of Nebraska and two entries were made with promising yield data and performance. New rainbow kidney beans were distributed to seed company collaborators for testing.
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Progress 10/01/16 to 09/30/17
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences included grower groups, seed company breeders and representatives, processing companies, food companies, international agricultural stations, NGOs, academic/research institutions, retail outlets and training sites. These included multiple international seed companies, grower groups including NYSVRA/C and the dry bean advisory board, international KARI centers in Kenya, CIIFAD, collaborative researchers,institutions throughout the USA. The activities also involved outreach with retailers including Wegmans supermarkets. Changes/Problems:No major changes or problems were encountered. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A visiting scientist (Andre Lasmar) from Brazil was trained in evaluating and selecting beans developed with upright architecture for higher density plantings, he returned to Brazil in early 2017. Graduate student Hannah Swegarden was trained in virus identification and evaluation, and development and selection of populations for bean seedcoat color. The rainbow kidney beans are being increase as a research project as part of the summer scholar initiative. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A presentation was given in March 2017 to the dry bean grower groups and processors. Reports and a visits weremade to field trials in the US and Africa - including visits to growers in those areas to disseminate knowledge. Materials were demonstrated to seed company breeders and individuals at the Cornell VBI field days in August 2017and through independent visits. Outreach meetings with dry bean growers and retailers generated feedback to promotion of new products into the marketplace, including working with Wegmans and Mike Kreher (largest organic grower in NY State) to investigate new markets for black kidney beans. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, new populations will be advanced combining optimal combinations of virus resistance genes for evaluation of field resistance to CMV. These will be screened in greenhouse trials, identifying new breeding lines that can be advanced to cultivars providing yield stability. Populations of the Andean market classes snap bean and red kidney bean are also being developed with the upright vine architecture for increased yield and as options for smallholder and organic growers. New rainbow kidney bean breeding lines will be advanced and field tested in organic plots at Freeville and in collaborationwith growers/seed companies including canning trials for quality and evaluation of new product opportunities.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Screening and selection of common bean lines previously bred for white mold resistance was undertaken in greenhouse trials to improve the plant type of the most resistant lines, and new breeding lines were tested. Virus resistant genes have beenintrogressed into snap bean from multiple sources to protect against cucumber mosaic virus, additionally resistance to clover yellow vein virus, bean common mosaic virus, bean common mosaic necrosis virus and bean yellow mosaic virus have been generated. Resistance to the viruses has beenintrogressed into the same recurrent parent type, the pyramided genes provide resistance to CMV, not seen in any other genotypes. These materials were selected and the twelve most promising lines selected which are currently being increased to test 3-4 in field trials. New dry bean and snap bean breeding lines are being developed in the upright vine plant architecture that are targeted for small farm and international markets that will be promising for organic agriculture in particular.Rainbow kidney bean breeding lines are being developed and stabilized in the same background, the black kidney had preliminary testing with Kreher farms andWegmans supermarkets in 2017, they have generated significant interest among canners,processors and retailors as a new product line. Kidney beans are being selected in the colors: white, yellow, pink, light red, dark red, purple, chestnut andblack. Heat tolerant germplasm previously selected that can reduce pod abortion or split-set during high temperatures has been incorporated through crosses and field tested in summer 2017at sites in Homabay, Kenya. These genotypes were evaluated for yield under heatstress in collaboration with USDA-TARS Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and with ACL in Homabay Kenya. Snap bean breeding lines have been developed with rust resistance (Ur4 and Ur11) that was introgressed from USDA Beltsville have also tested in Kenya.
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Progress 10/01/15 to 09/30/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audiences included grower groups, seed company breeders and representatives, processing companies, food companies, international agricultural stations, NGOs, academic/research institutions and training sites. These included multiple international seed companies, grower groups including NYSVRA/C and the dry bean advisory board, international KARI centers in Kenya, CIIFAD, collaborative researchers and institutions throughout the USA. The activities also involved outreach with retailers including Wegmans supermarkets. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?A visiting scientist (Andre Lasmar) from Brazil was trained in evaluating and selecting beans developed with upright architecture for higher density plantings. Graduate student Hannah Swegarden was trained in virus identification and evaluation, and development and selection of populations for bean seedcoat color. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?A presentation was given in March to the dry bean grower groups and processors. Reports and a visits weremade to field trials in the US and Africa - including visits to growers in those areas to disseminate knowledge. Materials were demonstrated to seed company breeders and individuals at the Cornell VBI field days in August 2016 and through independent visits. Outreach meetings with dry bean growers and retailers generated feedback to promotion of new products into the marketplace, including working with Wegmans and Mike Kreher (largest organic grower in NY State) to investigate new markets for black kidney beans. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?During the next reporting period, new populations will be advanced combining optimal combinations of virus resistance genes for evaluation of field resistance to CMV. These will be screened in greenhouse trials, identifying new breeding lines that can be advanced to cultivars providing yield stability. Populations of the Andean market classes snap bean and red kidney bean are also being developed with the upright vine architecture for increased yield and as options for smallholder and organic growers. Lines developed will be tested in Mayaguez Puerto Rico in collaboration with Tim Porch, Kenya in collaboration with Charles Wasonga and multistate collaborations will be continued for white mold screening and the development od dry bean cultivars. New black kidney bean breeding lines will be advanced and field tested with growers/seed companies including canning trials for quality and evaluation of new product opportunities.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
Screening and selection of common bean lines previously bred for white mold resistance was undertaken in field and greenhouse trials to improve the plant type of the most resistant lines, and new breeding lines were compared to national entries in the W-3150 greenhouse trials in 2016. New blackkidney bean breeding lines were also developed and stabilized, we are planning to test these with High Mowing Seed Company and wegmans supermarkets in 2017, they have generated significant interest among canners/processors as a new product. Heat tolerant germplasm previously selected that can reduce pod abortion or split-set during high temperatures has been incorporated through crosses and field tested in summer 2016 at sites in Homabay, Kenya. These genotypes were evaluated for yield under heatstress in collaboration with USDA-TARS Mayaguez, Puerto Rico and with ACL in Homabay Kenya. Snap bean breeding lines have been developed with rust resistance (Ur4 and Ur11) that was introgressed from USDA Beltsville that was also tested in Kenya in 2016. Virus resistant genes have beenintrogressed into snap bean from multiple sources to protect against cucumber mosaic virus, additionally resistance to clover yellow vein virus, bean common mosaic virus, bean common mosaic necrosis virus and bean yellow mosaic virus have been generated. Resistance to the viruses has beenintrogressed into the same recurrent parent type, the pyramided genes provide resistance to CMV, not seen in any other genotypes. New dry bean and snap bean breeding lines are being developed in the upright vine plant architecture that are targeted for small farm and international markets.
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