Book Chapter

Enfermedades del frijol causadas por hongos

The etiology, symptomatology, cultural and chemical control measures, and general aspects of control through var. resistance to bean diseases are described for the following fungal pathogens: Uromyces phaseoli, Colletotrichum lindemuthianum, Isariopsis griseola, Rhizoctonia solani, Ascochyta phaseolorum, Macrophomina phaseoli, Fusarium solani phaseoli, F. oxysporum, and Pythium sp. A list of the check var. of the International Bean Rust Nursery (with broad resistance to the pathogen), evaluated during 1975-85, is included. (CIAT)