Fouad Maalouf

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a grain legume widely cultivated in many countries for food and animal
feed. The faba bean stem borer (Lixus algirus L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is considered one of the
major biotic stresses of faba bean in some...

Lentil (Lens culinarisMedikus) is a protein-rich cool-season food legume with an excellent
source of protein, prebiotic carbohydrates, minerals, and vitamins. With climate change,
heat, and drought stresses have become more frequent and intense in...

Lentil (Lens culinarisMedikus) is one of the most important cool season food legume crops grown in many countries. Seeds are typically rich in protein, fiber, prebiotic carbohydrates and minerals, such as iron and zinc. With changing climate and...

Current land use trends show an increasing preference for monocropping – mostly a consequence of policies and incentives aimed at enhancing the intensification of cereals. This shift has caused some to question whether legume–cereal rotations can...

Faba bean is an important legume crop because of its high‐yield potential and nutrition‐dense grains. There have been significant achievements in faba bean improvement in the last four decades, which led to the doubling of the global yield average...

Faba bean is mainly grown under rain-fed conditions, although irrigated production is important in Egypt, parts of China and Central Asia. China is the leading producer with a wide range of intensive rotation and inter-crop holistic cropping systems...

Food legumes comprise all legumes grown for human food in China as either dry grains or
vegetables, except for soybean and groundnut. China has a vast territory with complex
ecological conditions. Rotation, intercropping, and mixed cropping involving...

Faba bean is one of the oldest crops that
originated in the Fertile Crescent and is now distributed
around the world and produced under different
agro-climatic conditions. It is mainly cultivated in
high rainfall and irrigated areas which are...

Five populations of faba bean were advanced from F2 to F3 generations by simple recurrent selection at Terbol research station, International Centre for Agricultural Research in The Dry Areas (ICARDA), Lebanon. During the growing season summer 2013...

Integrated disease management options (two sowing dates, three fungicides and 3e6 faba bean genotypes) in managing Ascochyta blight affecting faba bean were evaluated for three cropping seasons (2006/07e2008/09) in northern Syria for their effects on...

Drought is a major limiting factor in faba bean (Vicia faba L.) production in the Mediterranean region, which is known for its irregular water distribution and moderate moisture levels (similar to 500 mm rainfall). In this study, faba bean genotypes...

Appropriate experimental designs provide an efficient estimate of cultivar performance by allowing better control of experimental error. The standard approach assumes homogeneity of experimental error variances across plots. However, a given trial...

Though a small country, Lebanon hosts various ecosystems that allow for a large number of
plants ranging from cold requiring crops to subtropical ones to live and flourish. More than 80
plant species for food and agriculture are currently cultivated...