Q: Something is chewing my lima bean leaves. What should I look for, and how do I treat it? A: It’s probably Mexican bean beetles, which feed on all types of bean plants and can have between one ...

For starters, while Sulphur can be an important part of plant growth, alliums secrete a sulphur-based compound that actually inhibits root-growth in beans. Legumes like lima beans also need ...

Although it grows like a tree ... but here they do. It grows so easily. If you throw the seed on the ground, the next year you will see a tree there.” Ice cream bean plants are native to ...

Aside from an active social life, plants display a whole range of other human-like behaviours. New Scientist looks at plants ... when the coast should be clear. Lima bean plants (Phaseolus lunatus ...

Plants use chemicals to warn each other of impending dangers, a study says. Scientists at Kyoto University in Japan describe how lima bean plants protect themselves and warn their neighbors of ...

The present analyses suggest the following mechanism of plant–plant interactions among lima bean plants that are mediated by airborne signals. In response to spider mites, a lima bean plant ...