Working Document Series Open Access 2010 RUF-34555

Prevalence of bean anthracnose in Zambia and diversity of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum in Southern Africa

P. KachapululaM. MwalaP. Okori

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Prevalence of bean anthracnose, caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum was assessed in four agro-ecologies in Zambia. Subsequently, fungal isolates were tested for race specifically involving race differentials and DNA analysis using Simple Sequence Repeats (SSRs) and Random Amplified Microsatelites (RMMs). The disease was highly prevalent and severe in the wetter agro-ecology of Kasama and 17 pathotypes were found.

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