UC Davis Dry Bean Field Day

It’s that time of year again!

UC Davis Dry Bean Field Day
Thursday, August 20, 2015

from 10:00 a.m. until noon at the UC Davis Agronomy Farm.

Join Paul Gepts’s “Bean Team” and their collaborators for a tour of their common bean and lima bean field projects at the UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters (their bean fields are located near the Bee Biology building, between the airport landing strip on the South, and Hutchison Drive on the North.) in Davis.

Agenda

10:00-10:10 Sign in, Introductions, Updates, Antonia Palkovic

10:10-10:30 Dry bean breeding program, pest, disease, and drought resistance: Paul Gepts (including a garbanzo update:new lines for release with improved yield and seed size, continued crossing program, Manisha Thapa and Paul Gepts)

10:30-10:50 Sources of drought tolerance from wild parents, and new breeding selections, and the cooperative dry bean nursery, Jorge Berny

10:50-11:00 Heirloom variety dry bean update: crossing for disease resistance and improved growth habit, Travis Parker

11:00-11:10 Lima bean breeding update: Lygus resistance, Sarah Dohle

11:10-11:20 Lima bean integrated pest management, Rachael Long

11:30-12:00 Discussion

The Field Day and Bean Research sponsors this year include:

UC Davis Plant Sciences

UC ANR

USDA: NIFA AFRI Plant Breeding

California Dry Bean Advisory Board (Lima Bean Council)

CONACYT, UCMEXUS

USAID, RIFA