Optibean Project

PGRO output - A spreadsheet based collection of Economic and Agronomic worksheets to aid the production of UK produced field beans.

To download the Agronomy Tool, please enter your email address in the box below. You will then receive an email from us with a link to our secure dropbox folder where you can download a zipped copy of the excel spreadsheet. Please check your spam folder if the email is not received within 1 hour.

If you experience problems with this process or the downloaded file please contact Steve Belcher, Principal Technical Officer on +44 (0)1780 782585 or email steve@pgro.org

About Optibean

“OPTIBEAN”, a 4 year project which concluded in 2015 was part funded by Innovate UK to optimise faba bean breeding production and usage. Project Reference TSB 101082- “Improving the Availability of UK sourced Protein Feed through New Faba Bean Varieties, Production and Utilisation Systems”.

General Aims

The Optibean project consisted of 3 work packages. PGRO lead work package 2

Work Package 1 Objectives: Wherry & NIAB-TAG

Breeding for yield stability & quality
Genetics behind pod set stability

Work Package 2 Objectives: PGRO, NIAB-TAG

Sowing date & population studies
Fungicide & aphicide timing studies
Soil SNS studies
Inter row weeding studies (NIAB-TAG)
Produce web-based agronomy tool

Work Package 3 Objectives: Waitrose Producer Groups

Breeding for yield stability & quality
Genetics behind pod set stability