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For thousands of years, O'odham farmers in the Sonoran desert of the southwestern US and northern Mexico have cultivated organ pipe fruit and beans, sometimes planting these species together so that the organ pipe cacti provide shade for tepary beans. Doing so helps protect tepary beans from the harshest heat and light and thereby helps prevent soil moisture from evaporating.
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Tepary beans are well adapted to growing in the desert but grow best when shaded. Inspired by O'odham farmers, who often strategically plant tepary beans in the shade of sun-hardy species like organ pipe cacti for protection from the sun and heat, Gary Nabhan and colleagues planted tepary beans in the shade of solar panels in the Sonoran desert and found that the plants grew well, suggesting to Nabhan and colleagues that the panels provide a benefit similar to that provided by organ pipe cacti.
For thousands of years, O'odham farmers in the Sonoran desert of the southwestern US and northern Mexico have cultivated organ pipe fruit and beans, sometimes planting these species together so that the organ pipe cacti provide shade for tepary beans. Doing so helps protect tepary beans from the harshest heat and light and thereby helps prevent soil moisture from evaporating.
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Tepary beans are well adapted to growing in the desert but grow best when shaded. Inspired by O'odham farmers, who often strategically plant tepary beans in the shade of sun-hardy species like organ pipe cacti for protection from the sun and heat, Gary Nabhan and colleagues planted tepary beans in the shade of solar panels in the Sonoran desert and found that the plants grew well, suggesting to Nabhan and colleagues that the panels provide a benefit similar to that provided by organ pipe cacti.