Snap Bean Variety Trials in East-Central Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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Slavery in Puerto Rico

University of Puerto Rico

Weed Controi, in Puerto Rico

Sugar cane growers in Puerto Rico are faced with problems of weed control as any other farmer in the world. He is faced with increased cost of production of cane, through higher labor and material costs. When labor costs were low, much of the weed control was done by many men using machetes and other implements. As every farmer knows "weeds are plants out of place." Since beginning of farming, ...

DROUGHT STRESS Evaluation of Common Bean for Drought Tolerance in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume (Broughton et al. 2003); however, drought stress (DS) results in significant seed yield reductions in 60 % of global bean production areas (White and Singh 1991). Increasing competition for production area has resulted in a move of bean acreage to more marginal zones often associated with increased abiotic stress (Porch et al...