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Although white beans have gradually been moving north, this year's Ontario Bean Day tour, sponsored by the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board, visited three research stations in Kent and Essex counties. • The general feeling expressed by researchers at all three stations is that they were sorry to see the crop move north. The annual tour, held for beangrowers, media representatives and other interested observers last Wednesday, was joined by a busload of Michigan bean gnawers and their wives. Bean Day started with a visit- to the research plot areas at Ridgetown College of Agricfultural Technology. Researchers at the college are conducting a number of experiments with white beans. One of their major projects is disease trial research on the root rot phenomenon; anthracnose, the bean fungus which sur- faced again two years ago; and white mold. Too Dry One of the researchers told growers that this summer's dry temperatures have meant researchers haven't seen as much of the anthrac- nose fungus on their field plots as they might have liked for testing purposes. The researchers are also carrying out a number of colored ,bean trials . with mung beans, redcote kidney beans and a number of other • varieties. Charles Baldwin, another researcher, ,has, been con- ducting a number of exper-, iments testing soil fertility. Dr, Baldwin told the bean producers that increasing soil fertility may be creating amore difficult situation than we originally inherited from nature. He said his tests have been concerned with how little, producers can put on the land in the way of fertilizer while still maintaining top crop production. Just as High He said in one college test plot where crops have been grown both with and without phosphorous and potash maintenance during an eight year period, some 'of the acreage where the nutrients weren't added to the soil produced just as high a crop yield. Dr. Baldwin warned there may be problems if growers overfertilize in order to increase soil yields. Following the tour of the Ridgetown College, .the bean • growers visited Hyland Farms Research Station, operated by W.G. Thompson and Sons Ltd., near Blen- heim. - The Thompson company, one of the two main buyers for, Ontario white beans, started into the research business in 1975 when they started research plots on their 800 acre farm. The test station is used for research on hybrid corn crops, yellow-eyed,, kidney and white beans as well as soybean crops. The company operates a second test plot outside Hensall. Don Littlejohns, research '- co-ordinator for the company said the station can grow three generations of beans annually by using green- house facilities during the winter. He said a number of the lines being grown on the site are strictly experimental, In Ontario, a new variety of bean must be licensed by the government before it can be sold to growers. In order to meet government stand ands, the new lines must be superior in yields to the lines they replace. The white bean experi- ments at the Hyland Farm site were started in March, 1977 with-the co-operation of both American and Canadian breeders. Mr. Littlejohns said the Thompson company has had its eye on the Michigan market as well and hope to have seed there as soon as nextyear. As well as field tests on the new lines of beans, Mr. Littlejohns said there is a great deal of correspondence and, discussion with the canners "to make certain they're happy with 'genetic lines before they go on the market." High Yields Mr. Littlejohns .said his staff is looking for lines with high yields, h bust type growth to hold the pods off the ground and an earlier breed- ing time since beans have moved north and east in Onthrio as well as into southern Manitoba where growing seasons are shorter. In the fall, Mr. Littlejohns said researchers will check each individual bean plant, saving only seeds from the better plants for further experiments next year. Mr. Littlejohns said the research: station is also running a series of co- operative soybean -trials with the University of Guelph. Soybeans in these trials are also being tested in southern Manitoba and Europe. The research nroaram on the site employs three plant breeders, three technicians and -eight students who work during the growing season. After a stop for lunch in Erieau, the bean producers visited the Research Canada test station in Harrow. A Leader Dr, 'John Aylesworth, a breeder at the station, is one of the leaders in white bean research in Canada. Dr.. Aylesworth explained the Harrow progr'am is look- ing for higher yield varieties of white beans‘ with better disease resistance and a higher cooking quality. New lines of white beans are being tested at a number of locations across the province. Dr. Aylesworth said in the past Ontario growers were dependent on bean varieties developed by American researchers, but with the new lines, Ontario is finally able to reciprocate. The research station is also conducting a number of experiments on the delta strain of anthracnose. This strain was first discovered two years ago on beans growing in the St. Thomas area. He said disease resistance research to anthracnose is already well along with the Kentwood and Fleetwood lines of white beans. • Agricultural research has been conducted on this site for 69 years. 1. 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