Pole beans continue to grow, flower, and set fruits over a long period of time. The pods and seeds will mature in succes¬sion, based on when the fruits were set. Filled with advice for the home ...

A newly reported genome sequence for the common bean — which includes a number of varieties that together rank as the world’s 10th most widely grown food crop — has been released by a research team ...

FARGO -- Several North Dakota State University scientists are close to the center of a national project that completed the sequence of the common bean genome. It will greatly speed up the search for ...

New cultivars of the common bean could shore up the legume crop's defenses against the fungal disease common bean rust. New cultivars of common bean developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is a vital crop for global food security and nutrition, celebrated for its dietary contributions as a rich source of protein and essential minerals. Breeding efforts ...

Tepary beans -- a high protein legume common to the southwest United States and Mexico -- may hold the key to adapting bean crops for the increasingly harsh conditions brought on by a changing climate ...

A planet that is warming at extraordinary speed may require extraordinary new food crops. The latest great agricultural hope is beans that can thrive in temperatures that cripple most conventional ...