Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Department of Agriculture, Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center P.O. BOX: 436, Adama, Ethiopia

Publications

• Review Article   
  Emerging and Reemerging Diseases of Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in Major Production Areas: In the Case of Ethiopia
  Author(s): Endriyas Gabrekiristos* and Mulatwa Wondimu
  
  Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is one of the important cash crops to Ethiopian smallholder farmers and an important agricultural commodity which contribute to export earnings. A total of twenty five common bean diseases were recorded in Ethiopia and this high value crop is constrained by Anthracnose, Rust, Web blight, Angular leaf spot, Leaf blight, Floury leaf spot, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium wilt, Sclerotium rolffsii, Common bacterial blight, Halo blight, Common bean mosaic virus and Root rot nematode. Among these diseases the major one is Anthracnose, Rust, common bacterial blight and Halo blight causing 100%, 85%, 62% and 45% yield loss respectively. However the newly emerging and the status of existing diseases were frequently changing based on climate variability. Except rust, anthracnose, halo blight and common bacterial blight is seed borne an.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2157-7471.22.13.619

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