Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of lima bean pods growing up a trellis - A S M Almas/Shutterstock For many plants, alliums (of the herb or flower ...

There’s a longstanding debate between the northern and southern U.S. that features legumes: specifically, lima beans vs. butter beans. Available in dried, frozen or canned variations at grocery stores ...

There are some vegetables that people associate with dreaded meals from their childhood. They remember their parents saying that Brussels sprouts or lima beans were on the dinner menu, knowing they'd ...

When downy mildew epidemics strike, they are a plague to lima bean growers in Delaware, which produces over 60 percent of the nation’s crop for canning and freezing. Downy mildew is caused by the ...

Creating a lima bean with built-in disease resistance to root knot nematodes — parasitic worms that cause crop damage — takes a lot of patience and time, requiring years of breeding and the careful ...

Lima beans were domesticated at least twice, according to a new genetic diversity study. Big seeded varieties known as "Big Lima" were domesticated in the Andean Mountains, while small seeded "Sieva" ...

Though plenty of us love lima beans, there seems to be an equally ardent contingent of haters, with few people in the middle. Those in the anti-lima camp tend to cite texture as the main reason for ...

Though plenty of us love lima beans, there seems to be an equally ardent contingent of haters, with few people in the middle. Those in the anti-lima camp tend to cite texture as the main reason for ...