SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report

Sections

Status: Approved

Basic Information

Participants

Brick, Mark, Colorado State University; Brown, Judith, University of Arizona; Cichy, Karen, USDA-ARS, Michigan State University; Dickson, Mike, Cornell University, Geneva; Gepts, Paul, University of California, Davis; Goff, Steven, University of Arizona; Griffith, Phil, Cornell University, Geneva; Kelly, Jim, Michigan State University; Myers, Jim, Oregon State University; Nienhuis, Jim, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Noffsinger, Steve, Seneca Foods Corp, Dayton, WA; Osorno, Juan M., North Dakota State University; Singh, Shree, University of Idaho; McClean, Philip, North Dakota State University; Miklas, Phil, USDA-ARS, Prosser, WA; Porch, Tim, USDA-ARS, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Pastor-Corrales, M.A., USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD; Steadman, Jim, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Temple, Steve, University of California, Davis; Thill, Donn, University of Idaho, Moscow; Urrea, Carlos, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Waines, J. Giles, University of California, Riverside; White, Jeff, USDA-ARS, Maricopa, AZ; Wink, Bo, Syngenta Seeds, Nampa, ID; Welsh, Molly, USDA-ARS, Pullman, WA;

Carlos Urrea called the meeting to order at 8:00 AM, Wednesday, 2/17/2011, and Molly Welsh (for Rubella Goswami) took minutes. Shree Singh moved to have the minutes from the last meeting approved, Jim Steadman gave the 2nd and the motion was carried. There was a discussion of the next cycle of meetings for the W2150, and Donn Thill (administrative advisor) reminded us of the pre-requisites for the filing of the final W1150 report. A short discussion of the administrative positions followed and Karen Cichy was elected to be the secretary for the 2011 meeting in Puerto Rico. The incoming Vice-President will be Rubella Goswami and the President will be Steve Noffsinger. Dr. Thill gave a brief administrative update, congratulated the group on getting the new W2150 project and reminded us that there is a continuing resolution for FY 2011 at present. There followed a questions, answers, and discussion concerning the budget: cuts to appropriations, no earmarks reduction in ARS budgets, reduction in Hatch funds, increases in competitive grants, reductions in Extension, and the effect of the 2012 FY budget on regional project funds.
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Accomplishments

Impacts

  1. Varieties developed through the Cooperative Dry Bean Nursery, Midwest Regional Performance Nursery, the Western Regional Bean Trials, and related University and regional trials have resulted in bean varieties with greater multiple biotic and abiotic resistance, easier harvesting with good plant structure, and higher yields. University and USDA scientists, and private companies continue collaborating in these efforts to identify and select the most resistant and highest yielding breeding materials and varieties. In some cases, especially for snap beans in the Willamette Valley, OR and dry beans throughout the country and Puerto Rico, these varieties are grown on 95-100% of the grower/industry acreage. These new varieties help reduce production costs and increase grower income, and provide more consistent yields and vegetable harvest timing.
  2. Our collaborations through the multistate project allow us to quickly identify and disseminate information about new disease and insect strains such as the new race of bean rust, Ur-11 and the new Q biotype of whitefly that was presented in this report. The W1150 establishes important links for developing solutions to production problems that often occur in more than one state and region. This not only benefits the research scientists and private sector, but it also allows for the rapid transfer of information to growers and other interested parties. This year, outreach activities at several Universities benefited from the multi-state collaborative research and information which was presented in extension bulletins, field days, and the Legume PIPE community (http://legume.ipmpipe.org/cgi-bin/sbr/public.cgi).
  3. As mentioned in the Idaho report, erect or upright plant habit, type II, does not always provide resistance to white mold. Given the large number of genes involved for white mold resistance and the nature of this disease under different environments, the multistate W1150 trials provided a valuable tool for identifying new varieties and sources of resistance this past year. Several dry and snap bean lines were identified as having strong resistance and potential for future release and use in breeding.
  4. Viruses continue to be an area of needed discovery, and the collaborations have provided new information. Research in Arizona particularly with regard to curtoviruses (leafhopper vector) and begomoviruses (whitefly vector) in Puerto Rico and other locations, has opened new doors for understanding about the genetics, taxonomy, hosts, identification, and dissemination of these viruses. Research in New York has and will provide new information regarding the genetics and breeding for resistance to viruses found in the CMV complex in the Upper Midwest and New York.
  5. Several heat tolerant bean varieties and breeding lines were identified or released this past year as a result of collaborative nursery research efforts and testing in the W1150. Heat tolerance is necessary for improving pod set and yield under high temperatures, and preventing split pod set which can cause harvest timing issues for snap beans. This improvement will not only benefit the USA, but it will also allow expansion of bean growing regions in other countries.
  6. One thousand four hundred and nine accessions were added to the USDA-ARS-WRPIS Phaseolus germplasm collection and passport data on this material has been entered into GRIN. Some of the materials distributed between January and the end of December 2010 will be tested by W1150 collaborators to help identify new sources of disease resistance.
  7. Drought tolerance was identified in 5 market classes as a result of weather conditions in Michigan and collaborative efforts in Nebraska and Puerto Rico. This has resulted in the release of drought tolerant breeding lines, and will continue to improve the productivity and profitability of beans for producers in areas often affected by drought.
  8. Inheritance studies including QTL identification and generation of trait-linked DNA markers for marker-assisted breeding purposes have improved our knowledge base and helped to fill our tool box used for breeding disease resistance in beans. The knowledge gained and technical tools generated have facilitated the development of varieties with improved disease resistance. These varieties improve profitability and reduce pesticide use.
  9. The PhaseolusGenes database was a valuable tool for identifying new markers for disease resistance genes, and aided the search for genes with potential resistance based on genes in other crops such as soybean and Arabidopsis this past year in the W1150. This database will continue to be a useful tool in the future, for developing markers and marker assisted selection.
  10. Wisconsin research opened up new avenues to understanding the differences in sugar content of green pods among bean varieties. Future research based on the developed methods and differences among varieties, could open up opportunities for use of QTLs for marker-assisted selection of snap bean varieties with high or low sugar content, which could affect nutritional and other green pod quality traits.

Publications

Bassett, M.J., P.N. Miklas, G.V. Caldas, and M.W. Blair. 2010. A dominant gene for garnet brown seed coats at the Rk locus in Dorado common bean and mapping Rk to linkage group 1. Euphytica 176:281290. Beaver, J.S., T.G. Porch, and M. Zapata. 2010. Registration of Badillo Light Red Kidney Bean. J. Plant Reg. 4:1-4. Bennink, M.R. 2010. Health benefits associated with consumption of dry beans. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 53:2-3. http://www.css.msu.edu/bic/PDF/Reports/BIC volume 53, pages 2-3. Bennink, M.R. 2010. Improving nutritional status and CD4 counts in HIV-Infected children through nutritional support (PIII-MSU-3). Electronic Proc. Global PI Meeting. http://www.pulsecrsp.msu.edu/AboutUs/GlobalPIMeeting2010/GlobalMeeting2010Presentations/tabid/136/Default.aspx. Bennink, M.R. 2010. Potential for beans to address global health concerns. Electronic Proc. Global PI Meeting. http://www.pulsecrsp.msu.edu/AboutUs/Global PIMeeting2010/GlobalMeeting2010Presentations/tabid/136/Default.aspx. Brown, J.K. 2010. Characterization of a new whitefly-transmitted virus from a wild legume in Puerto Rico that infects bean, and molecular survey of bean viruses in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and northern Mexico. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 53:54-55. Collins, A., M. Mujaddad Rehman, J.K. Brown, R.V. Chowda-Reddy, A. Wang,, V. Fondong, and M. Roye. 2010. Molecular characterization and experimental host range of an isolate of Macroptilium golden mosaic virus that infects Wissadula amplissima in Jamaica. Virus Res. 150:148152. Crane, L., H. Teran, S.P. Singh, H.F. Schwartz, and K. Otto. 2010. Progress in pyramiding white mold resistance from across Phaseolus species in common bean. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 53:86-87. Dorcinvil, R., D. Sotomayor-Ramirez, and J.S. Beaver. 2010. Agronomic performance of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) lines in an Oxisol. Field Crops Res. 118:264-272. Ehdaie, B., D.J. Merhaut, S. Ahmadian, A.C. Hoops, T. Khuong, A.P. Layne, and J.G. Waines. 2010. Root system size influences water-nutrient uptake and nitrate leaching potential in wheat. J. Agron. and Crop Sci. 196:455-466. Halseth, D.E., E.R. Sandsted, W.L. Hymes, R.L. MacLaury, J.M. Kelly, B. Rich, and D. Hoy. 2010. 2009 New York State dry bean variety fact sheet, Cornell University, Department of Horticulture Report No. 63, 18 pp. Hart, J., and P.D. Griffiths. 2010. Differentiation of aphid-transmitted viruses in snap beans using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Annu. Rep. Bean. Improv. Coop. 53:98-99. Henry, A., J.C. Rosas, J.S. Beaver, and J.P. Lynch. 2010. Multiple stress response and below ground competition in multilines of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Field Crops Res. 117:209-218. Hernandez-Zapeda, C., G. Arguello-Astorga, and J.K. Brown. 2010. Characterization of two newly discovered curtoviruses isolated from spinach in south-central Arizona. Sixth International Geminivirus Symposium/Fourth International Comparative ssDNA Virus Workshop, Guanajuato, Mexico, Nov 7-12, 2010 (Abstract). Hernandez, C., and J.K. Brown. 2010. First report of a new species of curtovirus, Spinach severe leaf curl virus, in spinach crops in Arizona. Plant Dis. 94:917. Hernandez-Zepeda, C., J.K. Brown, O.A. Moreno-Valenzuela, G. Arguello-Astorga, A.M. Idris, G. Carnevali, and R.F. Rivera-Bustamante. 2010. Characterization of Rhynchosia yellow mosaic Yucatan virus, a new recombinant begomovirus associated with two fabaceous weeds in Yucatan, Mexico. Arch. Virol. 155:1571-1579. Heuberger, A.L., M.R. Lewis, M.-H. Chen, M.A. Brick, J.E. Leach, and E.P. Ryan. 2010. Metabolomic and functional genomic analyses reveal varietal differences in bioactive compounds of cooked rice. PLoS ONE 5(9):e12915. Johnson, J.J., M.A. Brick, H.F. Schwartz, A. Andales, M. Bartolo, J. Hain, K. Jewell, S. Sauer, M.M. McMillan, J.B. Ogg,, and K. Otto. 2010. Dry bean variety performance trials. Colorado State University Agric. Exp. Stn. Technical Report TR 10-09, 15 pp. Kelly, J.D., G.V. Varner, and B. Long. 2010. Registration of Santa Fe pinto bean. J. Plant Reg. 4:12-16. Kelly, J.D., G.V. Varner, and E.M. Wright. 2010. Registration of Bellagio cranberry bean. J. Plant Reg. 4:171-174. Kwapata, K., R. Sabzikar, M.B. Sticklen, and J.D. Kelly. 2010. In vitro regeneration and morphogenesis studies in common bean. Plant Cell Tiss. Organ. Cult.: J. Plant Biotech. 100:97-105. Larsen, R.C., C.J. Kurowski, and P.N. Miklas. 2010. Two independent quantitative trait loci are responsible for novel resistance to beet curly top virus in common bean landrace G122. Phytopathology: 100:972-978. Linares-Ramirez, A., J.M. Osorno, T. Porch, and C. Urrea. 2010. Screening of common bean germplasm and cultivars for moderate and terminal drought tolerance in North Dakota and Nebraska. Abstr. ASA-CSSA-SSA Ann. Meet. Oct. 31 to Nov. 4. Long Beach, CA. McCoy, S., L. Otto-Hanson, B. Higgins, and J.R. Steadman. 2010. Improvement in screening for resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in common bean through characterization of the pathogen. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 53:232-233. Mensack, M.M., V.K. Fitzgerald, E.P. Ryan, M.R. Lewis, H.J. Thompson, and M.A. Brick. 2010. Evaluation of diversity among common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) from two centers of domestication using omics technologies. BMC Genomics, Dec 2, 2010,11(1):686. Mosha, T.C.E., and M.R. Bennink. 2010. Microelement and Amino Acid Profiles of Cereal-Bean-Sardine Composite Supplementary Foods for Preschool-Age Children in Tanzania. J. Food Processing and Preservation. DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4549.2009000443.x Osorno, J.M., K.F. Grafton, G.A. Rojas-Cifuentes, R. Gelin, and A.J. Vander Wal. 2010. Registration of Lariat and Stampede Pinto Beans. J. Plant Reg. 4:1-7. Osorno, J.M., J.D. Kelly, M. Brick, C.A. Urrea, J. Garden-Robinson, and P. McClean. 2010. Early recruitment of the next generation of plant breeders: The Bean CAP effort. Abstr. 1st Annu. Mtg. of the Natl. Assn. of Plant Breeders, Aug. 15-17, Johnston, IA. Osorno, J.M., J.D. Kelly, M. Brick, C.A. Urrea, J. Garden-Robinson, and P. McClean. 2010. Strategies and challenges finding the next generation of plant breeders: The Bean CAP effort. Abstr., ASA-CSSA-SSA Annu. Mtg., Oct. 31 to Nov. 4, Long Beach, CA. Pascual, A., A. Campa, E. Perez-Vega, R. Giraldez, P.N. Miklas, and J.J. Ferreira. 2010. Screening common bean for resistance to four Sclerotinia sclerotiorum isolates collected in northern Spain. Plant Dis. 94:885-890. Porch, T.G., J.R. Smith, J.S. Beaver, P.D. Griffiths, and C.H. Canaday. 2010. TARS-HT1 and TARS-HT2 heat-tolerant dry bean germplasm. HortSci. 45:1278-1280. Porch, T.G., C.A. Urrea, J.S. Beaver, S. Valentin, P.A. Pena, and R. Smith. 2010. Registration of TARS-MST1 and SB-DT1 multiple-stress tolerant black bean germplasm. J. Plant Reg. (accepted). Ronquillo, M.G. 2010. Characterization of field based resistance to specific root rot and wilt pathogens in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). M.S. thesis. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. Ronquillo, M.G., C.R. Grau, and J. Nienhuis. 2010. Variation in reaction to Fusarium spp. identified in a common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) population developed for field-based resistance to root rot and wilt. Crop Sci. 50:2303-2309. Schwartz, H.F., M.A. Brick, K. Otto, and J.B. Ogg. 2010. Germplasm evaluation for resistance to bacterial wilt in common bean, 2008-2009. APS Plant Disease Management Reports 4:V125, 2 pp. Legume ipmPIPE Diagnostic Pocket Series (2 page diagnostic cards, distributed nationally): http://legume.ipmpipe.org/cgi-bin/sbr/public.cgi Schwartz, H.F., and M.A.C. Langham. Growth Stages of Common Bean. 2010. Schwartz, H.F., and M.A.C. Langham. Growth Stages of Lima Bean. 2010. Schwartz, H.F., and M.A.C. Langham. Growth Stages of Chickpea. 2010. Schwartz, H.F., and M.A.C. Langham. Growth Stages of Cowpea. 2010. Schwartz, H.F., and M.A.C. Langham. Growth Stages of Lentil. 2010. Schwartz, H.F., and M.A.C. Langham. Growth Stages of Pea. 2010. Schwartz, H.F., and M.A.C. Langham. Nutrient Imbalances. 2010. Singh, S.P., L. Crane, H. Teran, H.F. Schwartz, and K. Otto. 2010. Transferring white mold resistance from the secondary gene pool of common bean. Annual ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Meeting, Long Beach, CA (Abstract). Singh, S.P., and H.F. Schwartz. 2010. Breeding common bean for resistance to diseases: a review. Crop Sci. 50:2199-2223. doi: 10.2135/cropsci2009.03.0163. Singh, S.P., H. Teran, L. Crane, H.F. Schwartz, and K. Otto. 2010. Selection for white mold resistance in common bean. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 53:56-57. Singh, S.P., H. Teran, L. Crane, H.F. Schwartz, and K. Otto. 2010. Introgressing white mold resistance from the secondary gene pool of common bean. Annual Sclerotinia Initiative Meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Singh, S.P., H. Teran, H.F. Schwartz, K. Otto, and L. Crane. 2010. Selection for white mold resistance in common bean. Annu. Rep. Bean Improv. Coop. 53:56-57. Steadman, J., S. McCoy, B. Higgins, and L.K. Hanson. 2010. Characterization of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in common bean white mold resistance screening locations across the U.S.A. Phytopathology 100:S122. Talukder, Z., P.N. Miklas, M. Blair, J.M. Osorno, M. Dilawari, and K. Hossain, 2010. Genetic diversity and selection of genotypes to enhance Zn and Fe content in common bean. Can. J. Plant Sci. 90:6-12. Teran, H., and S.P. Singh. 2010. Gamete and recurrent selection for improving physiological resistance to white mold in common bean. Can. J. Plant Sci. 90:153-162. Teran, H., and S.P. Singh. 2010. Recurrent selection for physiological resistance to white mold in dry bean. Plant Breed. 129:327-333 Wasonga, C.J., M. Pastor-Corrales, T. Porch, and P.D. Griffiths. 2010. Evaluation of snap bean genotypes combining rust resistance and heat tolerance traits in East Africa. Annu. Rep. Bean. Improv. Coop. 53:62-63. Wasonga, C.J., M.A. Pastor-Corrales, T.G. Porch, and P.D. Griffiths. 2010. Targeting gene combinations for broad spectrum rust resistance in heat tolerant snap beans developed for tropical environments. J. Am. Soc. Hort.Sci. 135:521-532. Zapata, M., J.S. Beaver, and T.G. Porch. 2010. Dominant gene for common bean resistance to common bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli. Euphytica (online). Zimmerman, S. 2010. Transfer, characterization and mapping of white mold resistance in an advanced backcross interspecific population between Phaseolus vulgaris and Phaseolus coccineus. MS. Thesis, Oregon State University, June 2010.
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