Canola and faba bean pods within 200 meters of native vegetation—where pollinating insects live—produced more seeds and subsequently higher yields than those unpollinated by animals.

Fababean is a crop brimming with potential but struggling to establish a foothold in Canada, says an industry official.

MR. HEBER SMITH'S observations on the relation of the micropyle to the radicle in the seed of Vicia faba (NATURE, February 4, p. 400) are quite correct. It is surprising that the structure and ...