Balota's Team - Peanut Research

03/21/2025

Is Faba Bean the Sustainable Game-Changer for the Mid-Atlantic USA?

The crop physiology research team at Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC in Suffolk, VA, with collaborators in neighboring states, are investigating the performance of around 500 faba bean accessions to select cold-stress tolerant, high protein content hybrids to use as a cover crop and for dry bean and vegetable production. This video also highlights our extension publication:

https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/pubs_ext_vt_edu/en/SPES/spes-590/spes-590.html

https://youtu.be/FU9o60mnrMc?si=6fvaUe8-FBUlfMGd

Virginia Tech Virginia Tech School of Plant and Environmental Sciences Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Virginia Cooperative Extension

Virginia Tech and Mount Vernon researchers are uncovering why colonial attempts to grow fava beans failed—and how modern farmers might succeed where Washingt...

04/23/2024

Our sincere thanks to Dr. Joseph Oakes and others at the Eastern Virginia Agricultural Research & Extension Center for hosting us, the Crop Physiology Research Team of Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC, and our visitors from the African countries - Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, and Malawi.

04/23/2024

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The TAREC Crop Physiology Research Team/ Balota's Team - Peanut Research is hiring! Read more about the position and apply here:
https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/529096/agricultural-specialist-iii

04/18/2024

Agricultural Specialist III:

We, the Crop Physiology Research Team, at Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC in Suffolk, VA, are .

To apply: https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/529096/agricultural-specialist-iii

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Apply now Back to search results Job no: 529096 Work type: Staff Senior management: Agriculture & Life Sciences Department: Tidewater AREC Location: Suffolk, Virginia Categories: Agriculture / Life Science

04/11/2024

Faba bean can be a winter seed crop with multiple benefits for the Mid-Atlantic USA. Are you interested in learning more about the faba crop and its uses? Please go through our extension article published with the Virginia Cooperative Extension:

https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/SPES/spes-590/spes-590.html?fbclid=IwAR3U2JatzjNqYu4nJNcxofd3QO8RN3rP9_oXPo6HnsHIjF2IebxQ1wTYoSk_aem_AZtJwpuUyl7iHe5bs8U4QyIZbf1eVN4FICgZugLJqTcTf4DTVg18jhJpQv6UvRWdmzuntzy9UbASfFxG1U9MHn-s

We are the Crop Physiology Team of Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC at Suffolk, VA.

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.), also known as fava bean, broad bean, horse bean, or Windsor bean, is a leguminous crop used as food, feed, forage, or cover crop in different parts of the world. This crop can be used for food, feed, and as a ground cover crop. It is highly nutritious and has high protein....

08/10/2021

“Fantastic tour of the Tidewater Agricultural Research Center. These folks are doing great work to develop new technologies and move Virginia's agricultural industry forward. Sorry to Georgia and Texas, but Virginia peanuts are the BEST in the country! No question about it. https://t.co/k1kA5Gu2al...

07/08/2021

Now is not the time to let it go, turn away, or slam the door. 🛑
With Elsa approaching parts of Virginia, make sure you're prepared. ⛈

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VSU College of Agriculture

04/28/2021