BEAN BREEDING HISTORY

Legacy of Dry Bean Varieties Released by MAES-MSC-MSU

NAME	CLASS*	YEAR	MAIN CHARACTERISTICS
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

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.

*DRK - Dark red kidney, LRK - Light red kidney, WK - White kidney, CRAN - Cranberry, GN - Great northern.

**MI IMP CRAN - Michigan Improved Cranberry.