Legacy of Drybean Varieties
Released by MAES-MSC-MSU
Name | Class * | Year | Main Characteristics | |||
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ROBUST | NAVY | 1915 | Plant selection for high yield | |||
MICHELITE | NAVY | 1938 | First bred bean variety | |||
SANILAC | NAVY | 1956 | First crop variety bred by X-ray mutation | |||
CHARLEVOIX | DRK | 1960 | Anthracnose resistant | |||
SEAWAY | NAVY | 1960 | Early bush bean like Sanilac | |||
SAGINAW | NAVY | 1961 | Zinc tolerant, vine type | |||
MICHELITE-62 | NAVY | 1961 | Mosaic virus resistant | |||
GRATIOT | NAVY | 1962 | Virus and anthracnose resistant bush | |||
MI IMP. CRAN ** | CRAN | 1965 | Uniformity and maturity | |||
MANITOU | LRK | 1967 | Anthracnose resistant | |||
SEAFARER | NAVY | 1968 | Early maturity | |||
MONTCALM | DRK | 1974 | Halo blight resistant | |||
MECOSTA | LRK | 1974 | Halo blight resistant | |||
TUSCOLA | NAVY | 1977 | Canning quality | |||
SWAN VALLEY | NAVY | 1982 | First upright navy bean | |||
NEPTUNE | NAVY | 1982 | Earlier-season upright navy bean | |||
DOMINO | BLACK | 1982 | First black bean varieties released | |||
BLACK MAGIC | BLACK | 1982 | Second black bean varieties released | |||
ISABELLA | LRK | 1982 | Early-season, high-yielding kidney | |||
BUNSI | NAVY | 1982 | White mold resistant | |||
C-20 | NAVY | 1983 | High yielding upright navy | |||
LAKER | NAVY | 1984 | First upright bush navy bean | |||
CARDINAL | CRAN | 1986 | First bush cranberry bean | |||
CRAN-028 | CRAN | 1986 | Mosaic virus resistant | |||
MAYFLOWER | NAVY | 1987 | High-yielding upright | |||
BLACKHAWK | BLACK | 1989 | Anthracnose resistant | |||
SIERRA | PINTO | 1989 | First pinto bean released | |||
CHINOOK | LRK | 1991 | Canning quality | |||
ALPINE | GN | 1992 | First great northern bean released | |||
AZTEC | PINTO | 1992 | Early-season upright pinto | |||
HURON | NAVY | 1994 | Canning quality | |||
RAVEN | BLACK | 1994 | Virus and anthracnose resistant | |||
ISLES | DRK | 1994 | Anthracnose resistant | |||
NEWPORT | NAVY | 1995 | Anthracnose resistant bush navy bean | |||
MACKINAC | NAVY | 1996 | Anthracnose resistant, upright navy bean | |||
KODIAK | PINTO | 1997 | Large seeded, high-yield, rust and virus resistance | |||
MATTERHORN | GN | 1997 | Mid-season, high-yield, rust and virus resistance | |||
RED HAWK | DRK | 1997 | Mid-season, high processing quality | |||
CHINOOK 2000 | LRK | 1997 | Anthracnose resistant | |||
BELUGA | WK | 1997 | First white kidney bean released | |||
PHANTOM | BLACK | 1998 | Anthracnose resistant, upright black bean | |||
JAGUAR | BLACK | 1999 | Anthracnose resistant, upright black bean | |||
SEAHAWK | NAVY | 2003 | White mold resistance, high-yielding navy bean | |||
MERLOT | S. RED | 2004 | Upright, high-yield, canning quality, USDA-ARS | |||
CONDOR | BLACK | 2004 | Anthracnose resistant, high-yield, canning quality | |||
REDCOAT | SOLDIER | 2004 | First anthracnose and virus resistant Soldier bean | |||
SEDONA | PINK | 2005 | First upright pink bean suitable for direct harvest | |||
CAPRI | CRAN | 2005 | Virus resistant bush cranberry bean | |||
ZORRO | BLACK | 2008 | High-yielding, blight resistant upright black bean | |||
SANTA FE | PINTO | 2008 | Upright pinto bean with tolerance to white mold | |||
FUJI | OTEBO | 2008 | Virus resistant tebo bean for export to Japan | |||
BELLAGIO | CRAN | 2010 | Disease resistant vine cranberry for export to Italy | |||
ELDORADO | PINTO | 2012 | High-yielding, white mold tolerant upright pinto, suitable for direct harvest | |||
ROSETTA | PINK | 2012 | Upright pink bean suitable for direct harvest | |||
SNOWDON | WK | 2012 | Early-season, high-yielding bush white kidney | |||
POWDERHORN | GN | 2013 | White mold tolerant upright great northern bean suitable for direct harvest |
Bean varieties are released by the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station - MAES. MAES was originally affiliated with Michigan State College and later with Michigan State University. Starting from 2011 MAES will be known as MSU AgBioResearch
* DRK - Dark red kidney, LRK - Light red kidney, WK - White kidney, CRAN - Cranberry, GN - Great northern.
** MI IMP CRAN - Michigan Improved Cranberry.