Creating a new bean variety goes much faster with a unique winter nursery in Puerto Rico. Northarvest Bean Growers Association and many others utilize this nursery to advance bean breeding. Juan ...

Coming up with new varieties of a crop is a multi-year process that involves many steps. Developing new varieties of dry edible beans is no different. Northarvest Bean Growers Association is producing ...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a vital crop for global food security and nutrition, celebrated for its dietary contributions as a rich source of protein and essential minerals. Breeding efforts ...

An international research team involving the IPK Leibniz Institute has discovered a small yet significant genetic difference ...

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is emerging as a focal point in agricultural research owing to its substantial nutritional benefits and pivotal role in sustainable cropping systems. Advances in genomic and ...

Faba beans (dried) with faba bean flour and bread fortified with faba bean. Credit: University of Reading The faba bean genome, which at 13 billion bases is more than four times the size of the human ...

ST. PAUL — Jim Orf is constantly asking soybean farmers what they need to grow a better crop. As the leader of University of Minnesota's 65-year-old soybean breeding program, he works with technicians ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- When Monsanto Co. developed its newest strain of engineered soybeans, the company didn't use gene splicing. It used math. Monsanto has touted the Vistive soybean as a scientific ...

The faba bean is an ancient crop. It is particularly valuable because it is high in protein, and can convert nitrogen from the air into a form that can be used by plants in the soil. This makes it a ...

ST. LOUIS -- When Monsanto Co. developed its newest strain of engineered soybeans, the company didn't use gene splicing. It used math. Monsanto has touted the Vistive soybean as a scientific ...