PRIMARY CONTACTS

Michelle Leinfelder-Miles
UCCE Farm Advisor
(209) 953-6120
mmleinfeldermiles@ucanr.edu

Rachael Long
UCCE Farm Advisor
Field Crops, Pest Management
(530) 666-8734
rflong@ucanr.edu

Nicholas Clark
Assistant CE AdvisorAdvisor
Agronomic Cropping Systems
(559) 852-2744
neclark@ucanr.edu

OTHER CONTACTS

California Dry Bean Advisory Board provides funding for much of the research reported on this site. We appreciate their continued support.

Public Variety Information

Lima Beans, Variety Selection

Lima bean varieties or cultivars are continually being evaluated for increased yield potential, pest and disease resistance, and improved seed quality. UC researchers have developed new lima varieties by adding desirable features to older cultivars or creating new and better cultivars through the recombination of the best traits from available germplasm. [See Lima Bean Production in Calif., Baby & Large for more info . . .]

Market class and variety	Plant characteristics			Pest resistance
Market class and variety	Growth habit		Days to maturity^*	Root-knot nematode	Lygus (tolerance)
large lima
Dompe 95 UC 92	bush bush	medium medium		susceptible resistant^†	poor poor
UC White Ventura N	vine	late		resistant^†	very poor
baby lima
Luna UC Beija-Flor	bush bush	early-medium early-medium		susceptible resistant^‡	fair good
Mezcla UC Haskell UC Cariblanco N	vine vine vine	medium medium medium-late		susceptible susceptible resistant^‡	very poor good very poor

Characteristics of lima bean cultivars grown in California
Source: "Lima Bean Production in Calif., Baby & Large", 2014, ANR Publ. no. 8505

Common Dry Beans, Variety Selection

The range of commercially available bean cultivars and varieties in different market classes is constantly changing. New cultivars are released for their increased yield potential, pest and disease resistance, full-season and early double-cropped growth potential, and improved market quality.
[See Common Dry Bean Production in California for more info . . .]

Market class and variety	Plant characteristics
Market class and variety	Growth habit	Days to maturity*
Light red kidney CA Early Light Red Red Kidney M Sacramento	bush bush bush	65–75, early 75–90, moderate 75–90, moderate
Dark red kidney CA Dark Red Kidney UC Nichols	bush bush	75–90, moderate 90–105, moderately late
Cranberry Etna Hooter	bush bush	65–75, early 65–75, early
Pink Yolano	vine	75–90, moderate
Black Black Turtle T-39 Midnight	vine vine	105+, late 105+, late
Large white Cyrrus	bush	75–90, moderate
Yellow Canario 707	bush	90–105, moderately late

Characteristics of common bean cultivars grown in California based on statewide variety testing. All varieties listed are resistant to one or more strains of bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), a seedborne disease vectored by aphids
Source: "Common Dry Bean Production in California", 2010, ANR Publication no. 8402

Public Varieties

Chickpea

Common Beans

Cowpea

Lima

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