in order to evaluate the intercropping of corn (zea mays l.) and bean cultivars (phaseolus spp.) an experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design with three replicaties at sari agricultural sciences and natural resources university during growing season of 2010. the experimental treatments consisted of sole cropping of corn, white bean, bush bean, red bean, pinto bean and swo...

to compare the quantity and quality of forge production in intercropping systems with maize, pinto bean and pumpkin, an experiment based on randomized complete block design with three replications was conducted at faculty of agricultural science, university of guilan, during 2012 growing season. the treatments consisted of maize, pinto bean and naked pumpkin sole cropping, maize – pinto bean an...

C. Miguel Pinto, B. Dnate’ Baxter, J. Delton Hanson, Francisca M. MéndezHarclerode, John R. Suchecki, Mario J. Grijalva, Charles F. Fulhorst, and Robert D. Bradley Author affi liations: American Museum of Natural History and City University of New York, New York, New York, USA (C.M. Pinto); Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA (C.M. Pinto, B.D. Baxter, J.D. Hanson, F.M. Méndez-Harcleorode...

Demand for bean products is growing because of the presence of several health-promoting components in edible bean products such as phytates. Phytates are a naturally occurring compound, which is distributed widely in all cells of legume plants. Clinical studies have suggested that these health-promoting components, phytates, affect the immune system to protect the human body against cancers, an...