LS Plant Breeding announces support for Bean and Pea YEN programmes
24th April 2023
To support knowledge transfer and benchmarking achieved through the yield enhancement network (YEN) initiative run by ADAS and PGRO, LS Plant Breeding Ltd (LSPB) has extended its sponsorship of the Bean YEN for a fifth year and added sponsorship of the Pea YEN in 2023.
Commenting on the announcement, LSPB product manager Michael Shuldham said: “As breeders of the market leading spring bean variety Lynx, and the newly listed top yielding Genius, we are proud to support the work going into the Bean YEN to enable improved and consistent performance of pulses for UK growers.
“For 2023 we have added the Pea YEN to our sponsorship to enhance our support of our portfolio of pea varieties led by yellow pea Orchestra and green pea Carrington.”
According to PGRO chief executive Roger Vickers, both the Bean and Pea YEN programmes have been gathering data since 2019 and are now close to or have exceeded 100 crops, which justifies the use of more in-depth analytical tools.
Mr Vickers revealed that a wide range of variables are monitored for each crop, including previous cropping, sowing date, seed rate, herbicide, fungicide and insecticide usage, yield and yield quality.
A summary of Bean and Pea YEN data from 2019 to 2022 has been published in the Spring 2023 issue of the PGRO Pulse Magazine, along with a detailed discussion of the current results.
YEN membership is open to anyone including farmers, agronomists and researchers, with sponsorship available on a first come, first serve basis. Members unlock access to a comprehensive and worthwhile range of benefits, such as:
- One entrance into the annual Pea or Bean YEN benchmarking network (members can enter multiple fields subject to additional charges)
- One free soil analysis (details and restrictions to be confirmed)
- A comprehensive report on your crop’s performance
- One ticket to the annual YEN Conference
- PGRO foot rot risk (peas)
- Lancrop leaf tissue and seed nutrition*
- Askew and Barrett Ltd grain sample market quality assessment (peas)*
- PGRO grain bruchid beetle damage assessment (beans)*
*Analysis may be subject to limitations on crop development stage, date, or availability
To sign up for either the Pea or the Bean YEN for the 2023 crop, register at www.yen.adas.co.uk/networks-projects.
