IPM Packages for Crops

Bean Package

Beans

T he common name, beans is used to refer to plants belonging to several genera in the family Fabaceae. Common types of the beans are referred to as black beans, black-eyed peas, cannellini beans, great northern beans, kidney beans, lima beans, pinto beans, fava beans, adzuki beans, edamame beans, mung beans, cranberry beans, and navy beans. Beans are rich in protein and fiber and high in the amino acids, lysine, and methionine, making beans nutritionally complementary to cereals, which are deficient in these two amino acids. Beans are the main source of protein in a vegetarian diet. Major producers of dry beans are India, Myanmar, Brazil, and the USA. As a vegetable crop, beans are highly susceptible to arthropod pests and dis- eases. Several arthropod pests including bean fly, aphids, thrips, leafhopper, whitefly, leaf beetles, pod borers, pod bugs, spider mite, and broad mite cause significant damage to beans. For instance, up to 80% yield losses have been reported in various vegetable and grain legumes due to bean pod borer damage in Asia and Africa.