Dry Bean Resources and Reports

Picture Tour: Bean Growth Stages

Images of plowing, crop emerges, growth, flowering, and bean pods
Picture Tour: Bean Harvest Operations

Images of pulling beans, windrowing, direct cut, and transport,
Picture Tour: Bean Herbicide Injury

Images of D-Banvel, lasso-dual, eptam, basagram, atrazine, roundup, and pursuit.
Picture Tour: Bean Insect Damage

Images of leaf hoppers, plant bugs, bean beetles, and maggots
Picture Tour: Dry Bean Diseases

Images of blight, root rot, white mold, common mosaic virus, leaf spot, rust, and anthracnose.

2006 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics

2006 Dry bean data and characteristics from the Michigan Dry Edible Bean Production Research Advisory Board.
2007 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics

2007 Dry bean data and characteristics from the Michigan Dry Edible Bean Production Research Advisory Board.
2008 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics

2008 Dry bean data and characteristics from the Michigan Dry Edible Bean Production Research Advisory Board.
2009 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics

2009 Dry bean data and characteristics from the Michigan Dry Edible Bean Production Research Advisory Board.
2017 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics

2017 Dry bean data and characteristics from the Michigan Dry Edible Bean Production Research Advisory Board.
2018 Dry Bean Variety Characteristics

2018 Dry bean data and characteristics from the Michigan Dry Edible Bean Production Research Advisory Board.

100 Years of Bean Breeding at Michigan State University: A Chronology

James D. Kelly, PhD., Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University summarizes the milestones achieved in bean breeding during the 20th century.

Bean Breeding and Genetics

To develop improved dry bean varieties in several commercial classes to serve the bean growers, bean seed producers, and bean industry of Michigan
Dry Beans

Known worldwide for high quality and consistency, Michigan dry beans are an important commodity. MSU Extension provides expert research and educational opportunities to assist growers in producing a highly valuable, marketable crop.