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Breeding Common Bean for Resistance to Diseases: A Review
2010-11-01
Abstract excerpt
Diseases cause severe losses (20–100%) to yield and quality of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) worldwide. Our objectives were to describe major bean disease problems in the Americas and review progress achieved in breeding for resistance. We also describe strategies to integrate genetic improvement for resistance to multiple diseases with cultivar development. Common bacterial blight, halo blight, and bacteria...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 589c3c4d-5fea-52be-a946-5506f466c702
- DOI
- 10.2135/cropsci2009.03.0163
