Tepary Beans and Other Drought-Tolerant Beans at WRPIS

Tepary Beans at WRPIS

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Sarah Dohle Dr. Sarah Dohle, bean curator at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS), discusses tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) grown their greenhouses. The WRPIS in Pullman, Washington maintains the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) common bean collection, including five prominent bean species and their wild relatives. Learn more about the heat and drought tolerant legumes in their collections.

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