The bean breeding program, and the bean pathology research program at Colorado State University collaborate to conduct uniform variety trials annually to provide unbiased and reliable performance results from uniform variety trials to help Colorado dry bean producers make more informed variety decisions.
The uniform variety trial serves a dual purpose of screening experimental lines from CSU's bean breeding program and to compare commercial variety performance for making variety recommendations to Colorado bean producers.
The uniform variety trial is made possible by funding received from Colorado dry bean producers and handlers via the Colorado Dry Bean Administrative Committee.