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Reactions of cultivars of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to bean common mosaic virus (BCMV). (166)

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M.E. Omunyin
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
E.M. Gathuru
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
D.M. Mukunya
Crop Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya
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Phaseolus vulgaris L.
Bean common mosaic virus
Disease resistance

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Reactions of cultivars of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) to bean common mosaic virus (BCMV). (166). (1988). Tropical Agriculture, 65(2). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/5400
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Abstract

451 bean cultivars were tested in the glasshouse for resistance to BCMV. Only 68 showed some resistance. The other 383 were found susceptible, with 77 of them expressing systemic necrosis, the remainder showing mosaic symptoms.
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