Discover Up-and-Coming Garden Beans in Fresh and Processing

Garden beans – fresh, frozen, or canned provide consumers with a healthy addition to any meal. Protecting their access to these vegetables is something Syngenta Vegetable Seeds takes very seriously.  

Because of this, we’re working alongside growers to understand the challenges they face when it comes to producing the green legume. From disease challenges to perfecting harvestability, their concerns are taken into account by our breeders.

It’s more than just agronomic concerns, too. Our breeders prioritize consumer benefits like color, length of pod, texture, and more. Join us in Plainfield, Wisc. Aug. 12-14 to learn more about how we’re putting grower needs at the forefront when breeding new varieties of garden bean.

Protect Yield Potential in Garden Beans

Protecting yield potential is paramount. With breeding stations around the world, our researchers are able to learn from every region in which garden beans are produced and find the newest and best genetics.

It’s more than just finding beans that yield in one part of the world, however. We’re using localized trials, real-world equipment, and end-use tests to ensure the beans Syngenta provides meet or exceed needs.

“When it comes to garden beans, yield is one of the most important factors in a growers’ decision,” said Johnny Parker, Product Specialist for Fresh Sweet Corn and Beans. “We’re prioritizing yield in breeding but also testing it in real world scenarios, such as mechanical harvest, where most of our competitors are still harvesting by hand.”

“With mechanical harvest we’re looking for an upright plant,” he added. We’re also using commercial planting equipment to better understand how seed runs through planters and where there could be bottlenecks.

Preserve Bean Eating Quality and Appearance

At the end of the day, growers can produce the biggest yields with the greatest efficiency, but if it doesn’t meet quality standards, no one will buy it. For fresh and processing beans this means good texture, pod length, and color. In fresh market we also look for resistance to bruising when going through the bagging facility.

“We’re listening to customer feedback on beans,” Parker said. “They’re asking for 5-inch pods, even green coloration, and no bruising when bagging. Their customers want a bean that’s perfect – especially when it’s fresh.”

Syngenta R&D have been perfecting green beans for fresh and processing markets around the world, with a focus on giving the customers what they want and not just making assumptions. As breeders continue to work toward building a better bean, growers will benefit from better genetics, yield potential, and quality.

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