Chabella Guzman

In a dry edible bean plot at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center-Mitchell Lab, Maria Alvarado, UNL graduate student, left, Kainyon Tay, head of the legume program in Chile, and Carlos Urrea, UNL dry bean breeder, look for desirable bean plants. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)
Nebraska, Regional Roundup

Bean breeders scout fields for desirable bean genetics

The dry bean harvest is underway across the Panhandle. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff, Carlos Urrea, UNL dry bean breeder, has been hand-selecting dry bean plants for research. Urrea and his team go into t... Read More

Timothy Porch, research geneticist at U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, left, and Carlos Urrea, Nebraska Extension dry bean breeding specialist, scout a plot of dry beans. (Photo by Chelsea Didinger.)
Crops, Other Crops

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