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Cultivation

Field Cultivation of Common Bean

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Growing common beans in open field conditions requires soil temperatures to reach +12…+14 °C due to the crop's thermophilic nature and frost sensitivity. Key factors include selecting light soils to ensure unimpeded cotyledon emergence and the use of specific Rhizobium phaseoli bacteria for nitroge…

In the reference 141 varieties crop Common bean, where this is mentioned in the description.

The common bean is highly sensitive to frost, which causes the crop to perish. Sowing in open ground is carried out exclusively after the soil at a depth of 10 cm has warmed to +12…+14 °C, as seeds are prone to rapid decay in cold soil. The crop is extremely demanding regarding soil structure: because cotyledons are pushed to the surface during germination, a dense soil crust on heavy soils hinders seedling emergence and may lead to their death.

A specific biological feature of the bean is the formation of symbiotic relationships with Rhizobium phaseoli bacteria, which are not active with other legume species; this must be considered during inoculation. When growing in open fields, the transplant method is rarely used due to poor tolerance of transplanting. In the nutrition program, the focus is shifted toward phosphorus-potassium fertilizers, as excess nitrogen is undesirable, and topping is sometimes used to stimulate bush branching.

General information about the subject — on the page Open field.

Sources8

Varieties of Common bean mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Katarzynka

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PlantiCo Hodowla i Nasiennictwo Ogrodnicze Golebiew sp. z o.o.

PL
2 records

Duplika

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

NEBELUNG| Bruno Nebelung GmbH & Co. KG

DE
3 records

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

BLUMEN GROUP S.P.A

IT
2 records

Lotos

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
3 records

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Holland-Select Research B.V.

NL
2 records

Giolli

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

NL
4 records

Alquife

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

NL
3 records

Undira

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
3 records

Ibiza

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
2 records

Esterka

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Przedsiębiorstwo Nasiennictwa Ogrodniczego i Szkółkarstwa Spółka Akcyjna w upadłości likwidacyjnej \Instytut Ogrodnictwa - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

PL
3 records

Polinka

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
3 records

Sprinter

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Holland-Select Research B.V.

PL
2 records

Iluro

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

SEMILLAS BATLLE, S.A.

ES
3 records

Ogden

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

A.L. Tozer Ltd (GB)

FR
2 records

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

RAMIRO ARNEDO, S.A.

ES
2 records

Blason

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Graines Gautier SA (FR)

FR
4 records

Declic

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Novartis Seeds BV (NL)

FR
3 records

Phasipop

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Marta Santalla Ferradás/Ana Mª González Fernandez/Rafael Lozano Ruíz/Fernando Yuste Lisbona/Carmen Capel Salinas.

ES
3 records

Serpedor

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

BIRD Sarl (FR)

FR
3 records

Estremo

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

ROYAL SEEDS S.R.L.

IT
2 records

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
2 records

Prelubel

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

FR
3 records

Soliman

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

ORKAD (FR)

FR
4 records

Daniela

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
2 records