By Commodity News Service Canada
WINNIPEG, Aug. 24 (CNS Canada) – A new study by researchers at the University of Saskatchewan has found that two genetic traits in field peas, longer flowering times and higher pod counts, are also indicators of heat stress tolerance. Rosalind Bueckert, lead researcher, said heat tolerance in peas depends on several traits but higher pod numbers and longer flowering are most important. It marks the first time the location of genes that affect heat stress have been located.
Widespread rain in Minnesota has limited harvest times for many producers as dry edible bean crops advance to setting pods stage or beyond. The crop condition is rated 73 per cent good to excellent in the state.
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The United States Department of Agriculture has bought 120,900 pounds of dry edible beans at a cost of about US$63,000 for child nutritional and other domestic food assistance programs. The purchase included 40,300 lb. each of great northern, light red kidney and pinto beans.
Dry bean production in Mexico has been pegged at 1.2 million tonnes for current crop, according to the country’s fishery and agri-food agency (SIAP). That is 8.7 per cent more than the five-year average.
The dry, edible bean crop in Brazil is expected to come in 11.5 per cent lower than original estimates at 187,000 tonnes. Continuing rain has caused quality and yield losses.
