Beans

The 2023 PGRO Descriptive Lists for field beans show that LSPB varieties continue to offer pulse growers a wide choice to meet their yield, agronomy and marketing priorities.

Genius is now the highest yielding spring bean on the PGRO DL with Futura as the highest yielding LVC (low vicine/convicine) variety. They join consistently high yielding Lynx plus Ghengis, LVC Victus, Macho, Vertigo and Yukon. – along with Pantani, LSPB’s first winter bean on the DL

For the future, we have promising Candidates in the pipeline – including new winter beans as well as spring beans to do our part in developing the future UK pulse crop.

BEANS OVERVIEW

Data Source: PGRO Descriptive List for Spring Beans 2023

	Variety Name	Yield as % Control	Earliness of Maturity	Straw Length (cm)	Standing Ability at Harvest	Thousand Seed Weight (g) (@15%mc)	Protein Content	Resistance to Rust	Resistance to Downy Mildew
Spring Beans	Genius	110	6	109	8	541	27.3	4	5
	Lynx	107	6	108	8	518	28.1	4	4
	Futura LVC	106	7	111	8	565	26.5	4	4
	Ghengis	105	7	113	8	558	28.1	5	4
	Victus LVC	104	7	104	8	547	27.8	4	5
	Macho	104	5	109	8	650	26.8	6	4
	Vertigo	101	7	108	8	572	27.8	4	4
	Yukon	92	8	101	8	622	27.5	5	9
Winter Beans	Pantani	96	8	90	8	610	23.3	5	5

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Lynx

Lynx is consistently a very high yielding variety on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans. It has very high Downy mildew resistance and high standing power.

Macho

Macho is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2023. It is a high yielding variety with the highest thousand seed weight.

Ghengis

Ghengis is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2023. It has very high yields with early maturity and high standing ability.

Vertigo

Vertigo is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2023. It is a high yielding variety with high standing power.

Victus LVC

Victus is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2023 where its low vicine and convicine content (LVC) are characters that will help to further develop the UK pulse market with end users.

Yukon

Yukon is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2022. It has both the earliest maturity and the highest resistance to Downy mildew.

Futura LVC

Futura is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2023 as the highest yielding low vicine and convicine (LVC) variety with characters will help to further develop the UK pulse market with end users.

Genius

Genius is top of the PGRO Descriptive List of Spring Beans for 2023 with the same maturity as Lynx and high standing power.

Pantani

Pantani is on the PGRO Descriptive List of Winter Beans for 2023 with early maturity, short straw and high standing power.