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The broad bean is sometimes separated in a monotypic genus Faba; although not often used today, it is of historical importance in plant taxonomy as the namesake of the order Fabales, the Fabaceae and the Faboideae. The tribe Vicieae in which the vetches are placed is named after the genus' current name.
Broad bean stain virus (BBSV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Comoviridae. [1] It infects species in the Fabaceae family of flowering legumes and is not restricted to only broad beans despite its name. The virus is transmitted through seeds and also plant weevils, such as Apion vorax. It is a positive-sense single stranded RNA virus.
Vicine is an alkaloid glycoside found mainly in fava beans, which are also called broad beans (). [1] Vicine is toxic in individuals who have a hereditary loss of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.
Broad beans, shelled and steamed Vicia faba beans around a US quarter Fried broad beans as a snack Raw mature fava beans are 11% water, 58% carbohydrates , 26% protein , and 2% fat . A 100-gram reference amount supplies 1,425 kJ (341 kcal; 341 Cal) of food energy and numerous essential nutrients in high content (20% or more of the Daily Value ...
California is known to be free of Bactrocera tau (Walker). [303] California red scale (Aonidiella aurantii) is an invasive pest here. [304] It competitively displaced a prior invader Yellow scale . [304] Debach et al., 1978 finds that A. citrina is now extinct in this state due to the invasion of A. aurantii.
Once fertilized, females B. rufimanus lay eggs on developing pods of faba beans. Rain, wind and temperatures below 20 °C put on hold the oviposition process. Eggs are laid predominantly on the lowest parts of the plant. [2] Eggs are small (< 2mm diameter), white-yellowish. A maximum of ten eggs per pod is observed. Females lay between 50 and ...
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