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Diseases of Lima Bean

Handbook of Vegetable and Herb Diseases

Part of the book series: Handbook of Plant Disease Management ((HPDM))

Abstract

Lima beans (Phaseolus lunatus) are grown worldwide for food use, but the end-product may come in various forms. Lima beans are typically cultivated for its flat, edible, starchy seed, which is usually pale green when immature and whitish or light brown when mature. Lima beans can be grown for processing, as a succulent green bean used for canning or freezing or as a dry bean. Two market classes exist, baby limas and large limas. Baby lima beans are direct descendants of a Mesoamerican subgroup that express more heat tolerance than the large lima bean types that are derived from an Andean subgroup. In the USA, lima beans are grown mainly in the mid-Atlantic region for processing and in the Midwest and California for dry beans. The major diseases posing threats to lima bean production include anthracnose, gray mold, white mold, downy mildew, Pythium root rot, Fusarium root rot, Rhizoctonia root rot, pod rot, southern blight, common bacterial blight, halo blight, bacterial brown spot, and root-knot nematode. Some of these diseases are more regional in their importance based on the environment that favors their development. For example, white mold predominates in relatively moderate climates, whereas southern blight and root knot nematodes are more of a problem in warmer regions of the world. General management strategies for diseases of lima beans may be found in the introductory chapters on integrated disease management.

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Sikora, E.J. (2022). Diseases of Lima Bean. In: Elmer, W.H., McGrath, M., McGovern, R.J. (eds) Handbook of Vegetable and Herb Diseases. Handbook of Plant Disease Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35512-8_22-1

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