2000 HiStick^® White Bean Inoculation Trial

Dr David Hume & Dr Joe Omielan

University of Guelph, Guelph

Ontario, Canada

Trial conducted on new bean land at Drayton

Planted: 20^th June 2000

Treatment	Mean # Nodules / Plant	NDW	Mean Yield (kg/ha)	Gross Value $/ha	Inoculant Cost $/ha	N Fertilizer Cost $/ha	Net Return $/ha	Net Benefit $/ha
HiStick Exp A¹ + 15kg N/ha	30.2^ab	91.8^ab	3057^a	1345.08	10.23	9.90	1344.75	235.07
Exp Granules¹ + 15 kg N/ha	49.6^a	136.5^a	3000^a	1320.00	19.66	9.90	1291.40	181.72
No Inoculant + 15 kg N/ha	3.7^c	10.3^c	2790^a	1227.60	-	9.90	1217.70	108.02
No Inoculant + 30 kg N/ha	24.2^b	47.4^bc	2567^a	1129.48	-	19.80	1109.68	-

NDW = Mean Nodule Dry Weight (mg/plant)

1 New strain

Values followed by the same letter do not differ at the Lsd 0.05 alpha level

White (Navy) Bean var. Envoy

N calculated at 66¢/kg. Seeding rate calculated at 50kg/ha. White beans valued at $20.00/100lbs.

All $ values are as Canadian funds.