© Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA. Courtesy of Ecoport (www.ecoport.org)

Flowers and leaves of common bean

© Brücher H., Trop. Nutzpfl., Springer Verlag 1977; Wolf-Garten

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Anthracnose on bean pods

© Courtesy EcoPort (http://www.ecoport.org) : J.W. Sheppard

Anthracnose on beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Anthracnose on young French bean plant

© Jürgen Kranz. Courtesy of Ecoport (www.ecoport.org)

Common blight on beans

© Georg Goergen, Courtesy of EcoPort (www.ecoport.org)

Mexican bean weevil - the Mexican bean weevil is about 2-3cm long.

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Spiny brown bugs measure about 1cm in length.

© A. M. Varela, icipe

Rust on lower leaf surface of French beans. Symptoms are similar on green grams.

© A.A.Seif, icipe

Bean rust on upper leaf surface

© A. M. Varela, icipe

Fusarium wilt on French beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Striped bean weevil on beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Foliage beetles damage on French beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

African bollworm on french beans - Fully grown caterpillars are 3-4cm long.

© A.M. Varela, icipe

African bollworm feeding on flower of French beans - African bollworm caterpillars are 3-4 cm long

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Bean fly on French beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Bean seed fly damage on French beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Bacterial blight on beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Angular leafspots on beans

© A. M. Varela, icipe

Angular leafspots on French bean pods.

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Fusarium root rot on beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Halo blight on beans

© Ooi P. (Courtesy of EcoPort, www.ecoport.org)

Leafhopper - Adults are 2-2.5mm long.

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Root-knot nematode damage on beans

© A.A. Seif, icipe

Common mosaic virus on beans

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Bean fly maggot in a French bean stem.

© A.M. Varela, icipe

Bean fly pupa in a French bean stem.

© A. M. Varela, icipe

Damage to French bean plants by larvae of the stripped bean weevil. Note larva inside stem. Inset- close-up of larva.

© A. M. Varela, icipe

French bean plants damaged by larvae of the stripped bean weevil.

© A. M. Varela, icipe

French bean pods heavily attacked by black bean aphids.

© A. M. Varela, icipe

Heavy attack of black aphids on a French bean plant.

© B. Loehr, icipe

Whiteflies on French beans.

© GTZ-IPM Horticulture Project. Kenya.

French bean pods with powdery mildew.

© GTZ- IPM Horticulture Project. Kenya.

Powdery mildew on French beans.

© A.A. Seif

Dry beans seed label

© A.A. Seif

French bean seed sprouting

© A.A. Seif

French beans flowers

© A.A. Seif

French beans pods

© Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State

Zinc deficiency on beans

© Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State

Iron deficiency on beans

© A.A. Seif

White mould (cottony leak) on French beans caused by the fun