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Florida Plant Disease Management Guide: Beans

Shouan Zhang, Geoffrey Meru, Aaron Palmateer, andKenneth Pernezny


Release Date: 9/2/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-pg041-2022

Agriculture

Abstract

This fact sheet summarizes specific common diseases of beans, briefly describing symptoms and cultural controls. This edition is an update and revision with Geoffrey Meru as an added co-author.

About this Publication

This document is PDMG-V3-33, one of a series of the Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 1998. Revised December 2005, January 2022, and April 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Zhang, S., Meru, G., Palmateer, A., & Pernezny, K. (2022). Florida Plant Disease Management Guide: Beans. EDIS, 2022(1). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pg041-2022

Authors

Shouan Zhang
Shouan Zhang
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, vegetable and tropical fruit disease management, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Geoffrey Meru
Geoffrey Meru
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, vegetable breeding, genetics and genomics, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Aaron Palmateer
Aaron Palmateer
Specialist
University of Florida

courtesy professor, former associate professor of ornamental pathology, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Kenneth Pernezny
Kenneth Pernezny
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology, UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center

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Disclaimers

The use of trade names in this publication is solely for the purpose of providing specific information. UF/IFAS does not guarantee or warranty the products named, and references to them in this publication do not signify our approval to the exclusion of other products of suitable composition.