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The most important aspects of snap bean consumption, marketing, processing, and production are emphasized; topics for future research and development are highlighted. The role of snap beans in comparison with other vegetables is discussed. Vegetable demand grows as a consequence of the urbanizing...

Se enfocan los aspectos mas importantes del consumo, mercadeo, procesamiento y produccion de habichuela y se destacan temas para investigacion y desarrollo futuros. Se discute el papel de la habichuela en comparacion con las hortalizas. La demanda de hortalizas crece como consecuencia del proceso...

An attempt was made to highlight the typical issues concerning vegetables in urban marketing and consumption. A theoretical comparison of vegetables and staple foods was carried out. Then, the typical issues were transposed into hypotheses, which were subsequently investigated. An important issue...

The present status of snap beans in the developing world is reviewed. Socioeconomic aspects are mainly discussed. Production, marketing, and consumption features are described and the future potential for the crop is outlined. Constraints to production increases are discussed and the opportunitie...

Se revisa la situacion actual de la habichuela en el mundo en desarrollo. Se discuten principalmente los aspectos socioeconomicos. Se describen los aspectos de produccion, mercadeo y consumo y se esboza el potencial futuro para el cultivo. Se discuten las limitaciones para el incremento de la pro...

Snap bean improvement at CIAT has been carried out collaboratively with Washington State U. since 1983, to incorporate disease resistance and tropical adaptation from the dry bean improvement programs into green beans. An international adaptation nursery of advanced snap bean lines was distribute...

Snap bean improvement at CIAT has been carried out collaboratively with Washington State U. since 1983, to incorporate disease resistance and tropical adaptation from the dry bean improvement programs into green beans. An international adaptation nursery of advanced snap bean lines was distribute...

El mejoramiento de habichuela en CIAT se ha realizado en colaboracion con la U. del estado de Washington desde 1983, para incorporar la resistencia a enfermedades y la adaptacion tropical de los programas de mejoramiento de frijol a la habichuela. Se distribuyo un vivero internacional de adaptaci...

A brief historic and statistic review of snap bean use as staple in Argentina is presented. A detailed analysis of the 4 major producing areas (Buenos Aires, Tucuman, Mendoza, and Santa Fe) is included along with a diagram with information on plant habit, or pod shape and color of the more freque...

Se presenta una breve resena historica y estadistica sobre el empleo de la habichuela como alimento en Argentina. Se hace un analisis detallado de las caracteristicas de produccion de las 4 provincias (Buenos Aires, Tucuman, Mendoza, y Santa Fe) con mayor area sembrada. Se incluye un cuadro con i...

Snap bean production and commercialization in Brazil are briefly analyzed. Seed production is the responsibility of a group of institutions located in various states. Breaktrhoughs in genetic improvement by the Programa Nacional de Pesquisa de Hortalizas are described. (CIAT)

Se analiza brevemente la produccion y comercializacion de la habichuela en Brasil. La produccion de semilla esta a cargo de un grupo de instituciones localizadas en varios estados. Se describen los avances en el mejoramiento genetico de la habichuela logrados por el Programa Nacional de Pesquisa ...

The characteristics of snap bean var. Mantequilla, currently available in the Colombian market and with better organoleptic and cooking characteristics than var. California, are described. Tables with data on the vol. of legumes commercialized at Corabastos (the wholesale central station) and Car...

Se describen las caracteristicas de la habichuela Mantequilla, disponible actualmente en el mercado colombiano y con caracteristicas culinarias y organolepticas superiores a la habichuela California. Se incluyen cuadros con datos sobre el vol. de hortalizas comercializado en la central mayorista ...

The most important limiting factors for snap bean cultivation in Peru are lack of improved var. seed, nematodes, rust, BCMV, shoot and pod borers, and mining fly. To solve these problems, it is necessary to develop an efficient snap bean seed production system and promote commercialization system...

Los principales factores limitantes del cultivo de habichuela en Peru son escasez de semilla de var. mejoradas, nematodos, roya, BCMV, barrenadores de brotes y vainas y mosca minadora. Para resolver estos problemas se hace necesario desarrollar un sistema eficiente de produccion de semilla de hab...

In 1983, the vegetable dept. of the Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario (Colombia) started selection and crossing activities with 52 and 162 snap bean materials of determinate and indeterminate growth resp., obtained from commercial seed and the CIAT germplasm bank. In 1987, 3 determinate growth ma...

En 1983, la seccion de hortalizas del Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario, Colombia, inicio actividades de seleccion y cruzamiento con 52 materiales de habichuela de crecimiento determinado y 162 de crecimiento indeterminado obtenidos de semilla comercial y del banco de germoplasma del CIAT. En 198...