Genetic improvement and related activities. Improvement of individual characters. Resistance to fungal and bacterial diseases

Main activities conducted during 1986 regarding the improvement of individual characters in bean comprised the evaluation of several advanced and segregating bean nurseries for their reactions under field conditions to rust, angular leaf spot, anthracnose, common bacterial blight, and halo blight as...

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Main Author: International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Center for Tropical Agriculture 1987
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/82366
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Summary:Main activities conducted during 1986 regarding the improvement of individual characters in bean comprised the evaluation of several advanced and segregating bean nurseries for their reactions under field conditions to rust, angular leaf spot, anthracnose, common bacterial blight, and halo blight as well as the development of methodologies to better determine disease resistance mechanisms. Results of these evaluations are included. (CIAT)