bush bean

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bush bean

1. A shrubby variety of the string bean.

2. Any bean plant with an upright, bushy growth not requiring an artificial support.

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bush′ bean`

a variety of the common edible bean, Phaseolus vulgaris humilis, characterized by its bushy growth.

[1815–25, Amer.]

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bush bean - a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports

bean plant, bean - any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods

common bean, common bean plant, Phaseolus vulgaris - the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods

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This is the result of my experience in raising beans: Plant the common small white bush bean about the first of June, in rows three feet by eighteen inches apart, being careful to select fresh round and unmixed seed.

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It also shares a great many physical similarities with the once-popular 19th-century American bush bean called 'German Dwarf Black Wax,' and the two are likely related.

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Amaranth after yard long bean (YLB), winged bean (WB) and bush bean (BB) were grown in plastic pots (pot area was 0.29 m2).

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Different field experimental designs were utilized for each of the nurseries which were conducted separately but contained the same checks: a universal high Fe climbing bean (MIB465), low Fe regional climbing bean (Decelaya), universal low Fe bush bean (DOR500), regional high Fe bush bean (RWR2154), and two yield checks (CAL96 for bush beans and Vuninkingi for climbing beans).

IRON AND ZINC GRAIN CONCENTRATIONS DIVERSITY AND AGRONOMIC PERFORMANCE OF COMMON BEAN GERMPLASM COLLECTED FROM EAST AFRICA

Siratro, also known as Purple Bush Bean, is a fast-growing plant from the bean family and is being used for the first time in a cosmetics application in this product.

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Fiero has an upright determinant bush bean (Type I) growth habit similar to Montcalm and is resistant to lodging (Singh, 1982).

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In Latin American, the studies available on the physiological behavior of bush bean genotypes in relation to duration of periods of water deficit are important because the available information has mainly focused on characterization of genotypes in a specific drought period (Beebe et al.

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EXPRESSIONS OF A DETERMINATED GROWTH COMMON BEAN GENOTYPE (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) TO WATER DEFICIT STRESS PERIODS

BUSH BEANS. Many bush bean varieties are ready to harvest in just 50 days, making them ideal for succession planting.

SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSION PLANTING: Keep the veggies coming year-round with the help of succession planting

Climbing bean varieties are widely grown in the Northern and Western Provinces, while bush bean varieties are more dominant in Kigali, Eastern, and Southern provinces.