the bean plant is the species Phaseolus vulgaris includes many varieties appreciated in the garden, both shelling beans, which later also in the kitchen we call beans, as well as “eating beans”, those in which the pod is also eaten and as vegetables are called green beans.
Beans and snap beans can be affected by common diseases and pests. In this article we go into more detail on pest recognition which can damage these crops and ecological defense , offering suggestions for preserving the crop without contaminating or harming harmless organisms. It may also be useful to read the article on diseases of beans and green beans, which lists the main disease challenges.
To defend garden plants against harmful insects, such as aphids or weevils, prevention plays a fundamental role , but due to climate change and “exotic” insects spreading through our territories, it is difficult to keep calm. In this context, it is useful to know the most frequent problems and how to intervene in organic farming, if necessary with phytosanitary treatments. of natural origin.
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Prevent the presence of pests
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The main pests of beans and green beans
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aphids
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red spider
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pyrroid
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thrips
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Tonchio
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Other Harmful Parasites
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slugs
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Mice and field mice
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prevent pests
The best strategies for a healthy bean crop that reduce the impact of insect pests can be summarized as follows:
- Respect for rotations, a practice that applies both to extensive professional cultivation and to small orchards, and which consists of alternating different species in spaces, according to different criteria. One of the most valid is based on knowledge of botanical families of plants and consists of the alternation of species of different families in the soil. This means that during 2-3 growth cycles, no species of the bean family, i.e. legumes, need return to the same plot as they have common pests and diseases.