The Self Sufficiency Pages

Home food production, renewable energy, alternative technologies, sustainable agriculture
with an emphasis on Brisbane and Queensland

Beans

Including snake beans, broad beans.

Links

The following links have been provided for general information. The particulars of growing these crops successfully will vary depending on your location, especially with respect to pests and diseases and their treatment. If in doubt, check with local authorities for current information on permissable pesticides, and always follow directions on the label of any products you may purchase. (see also Pests and Diseases).

More general information about vegetable growing, especially in tropical and subtropical conditions here: Vegetables

Green beans Dept Primary Industries & Fisheries, Qld

Production of fresh beans Department of Primary Industries, Victoria

Easy Gardening...Green Beans Texas A&M University

Phaseolus Beans - Notes Purdue University, USA

Phaseolus vulgaris L. Purdue University, USA

Beans An overview of several Phaseolus species (other than green bean) Purdue University

Chapter 4: Legumes and Some Relatives - Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) from: Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants A handbook available online at Agricultural Research Service, USA website (PDF). Legumes in Chapter 4

Snap Bean Jefferson Farm & Gardens, Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute, Missouri (PDF)

Growing Beans in the Home Vegetable Garden Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service (PDF)

Phaseolus lunatus Ecocrop database, Food and Agriculture Organization

Lima Bean Jefferson Farm & Gardens, Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute, Missouri (PDF)

Chapter 4: Legumes and Some Relatives - Broad bean and feld bean (Vicia faba) from: Insect Pollination Of Cultivated Crop Plants, United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service

Bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli) Dept Primary Industries & Fisheries, Qld

Green beans 2: Chewing pests Dept Primary Industries & Fisheries, Qld

Green beans 3: Sucking pests Dept Primary Industries & Fisheries, Qld

Bean fly Ophiomyia phaseoli Queensland DPI

Ophiomyia phaseoli (Tryon) CSIRO

Bean spider mite Tetranychus ludeni Queensland DPI

Bean podborer Maruca vitrata (Maruca testulalis, mung moth)

Heliothis corn earworm and heliothis native budworm in rare fruit

(Heliothis armigera, Helicoverpa punctigera) French bean is affected. Qld Dept of Primary Industries

Bean Anthracnose Colletotrichum lindemuthianum Cornell University Cooperative Extension New York State

Soil-borne diseases of beans NSW Department of Primary Industries

Production of Fresh Beans Victoria Department of Primary Industries

Effect of Light Intensity on Snap Bean Performance Subtropical Plant Science (Journal of the Rio Grande Valley Horticultural Society)

Used Fishing Net As Vine Support for French Bean Food & Fertilizer Technology Center for the Asian and Pacific region

Snake beans and relatives

Snake Bean Dept of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, Northern Territory (PDF)

Growing Healthy Snake Beans Plant Industries NT Newsletter, June 2011 (PDF)

Growing Snake Beans in the Top End Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, Northern Territory (PDF)

Grafting Snake Beans to Control Fusarium Wilt Department of Primary Industry, Fisheries and Mines, Northern Territory (PDF)

Loofahs, gourds, melons and snake beans Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation, Australia (PDF)

Yard Long Bean in Exotic Crops Production in Hawaii, University of Hawaii

Southern peas & Yardlong or Asparagus bean LSU AgCenter, Louisiana

Southern peas thrive in summer gardens University of Florida (PDF)

Cowpea Alternative Field Crops Manual, at the Center for New Crops & Plant Products website

Cowpea Jefferson Farm & Gardens, Thomas Jefferson Agricultural Institute, Missouri (PDF)

Vigna unguiculata cylindrica - (L.)Verdc. Plants for a Future

Vigna unguiculata Tropical Forages

Winged beans

Winged Bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus) Qld Govt factsheet available at the Rare Fruit Council of Australia website (PDF)

Winged Bean University of Hawaii at Manoa (PDF)

Wondrous Wing Beans Hawaii Gardening

The Asparagus Pea - A Wonderfully Frolicsome Legume Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Growing the Winged Bean Gardening with Wilson, Singapore

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus - (L.)DC. Plants for a Future

Winged bean a crop for small farmers in Chronica Horticulturae, International Society for Horticultural Science, 1979 (PDF)

Winged Beans On A Fence , Flowers & Fruits at the Gardening Dream Inspire blog, Singapore

Others

Bean, Hyacinth - Dolichos lablab L., or Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet University of Florida

Lablab purpureus FAO