More than just a hill of beans: Phaseolus genome lends
insights into Nitrogen fixation
“It doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three
little people doesn’t add up to a hill of beans in this crazy world,” Humphrey
Bogart famously said in the movie Casablanca. For the farmers and breeders
around the world growing the common bean, however, ensuring that there is an
abundant supply of this legume is crucial, both for its importance in cropping
systems to ensure plant vitality and for food security.