Basic studies on the physical, chemical and biological properties of dry beans during the past 15 years (1-5, 8, 12) have been indispensable to the evolution of a new process for preparing dry beans as human food; and the generation of a series of more acceptable products from commercial varieties of legumes (6, 7, 9-11). One dividend of the basic work has been the accumulation of new knowledge...

the population density and spatial distribution pattern of empoasca decipiens paoli were etermined in tehran area, iran, during 2004-2005 on four species of common bean phaseolus vulgaris (l.) var. talash, lima bean p. lunatus (l.) savi ex hassk. var. sadaf, rice bean p. calcaratus roxb. var. goli and cowpea vigna sinensis (l.) var. parastoo. the higher and lower mean population densities of e....

Characterization and conservation of germplasm is a critical step toward the genetic improvement crop. This study assessed variation in 257 common bean genotypes which included 207 accessions obtained National Gene Bank Kenya, 33 from Kenya Agricultural Livestock Research Organization (KALRO), 13 landraces collected farmers’ fields four commercial varieties for various agronomic traits. T...