Sixty genotypes of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) from the Meso-American and Andean gene pool were evaluated in 2003 and 2004 at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Host genetic structure was evaluated based on the reaction of the sixty genotypes, in the juvenile state (V1/V2) to 12 physiological races of Colletotrichum lindemuthianum. The phenetic analysis was generated from virulence data considering incompatible and compatible reactions. Lower resistance index was observed. However, complex resistance was found in some genotypes. Higher genetic variability for resistance to Colletotrichum lindemuthianum was observed in the Andean than the Meso-American germplasm.
genetic resistance; andean germplasm, meso-american germplasm; anthracnose
