International Journal of Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2018; 6 (3):744-754 Life Sciences ISSN:2320-7817(p) | 2320-964X(o) International Peer Reviewed Open Access Refereed Journal Original Article Open Access Physiological characterization and evaluation of common bean genotypes against anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (Sacc. and Magnus) Lams-Scriber) races in West Shewa, Ethiopia Yohannes Keterew1*, Woubit Dawit2, Thangavel Selvaraj2 and Alemu Lencho2 1 Department of Plant Sciences, Wolkite University P.O. Box 07, Wolkite, Ethiopia, East Africa. 2 Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Ambo University P.O. Box 19, Ambo, Ethiopia, East Africa. *Email:
[email protected] |+251-913073294. Manuscript details: ABSTRACT Received :02.10.2017 Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is an important legume crop in the Revised : 03.12.2017 daily diet and good source of cash and food nutrients. Despite its economic Accepted : 30.08.2018 significance, anthracnose disease caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum Published : 20.08.2018 (Sacc. and Magnus) Lams-Scriber is one of the most destructive diseases and Editor: Dr. Arvind Chavhan causes significant yield losses in common bean growing areas. The pathogen possesses a very high degree of pathogenic variability, but there are lack of Cite this article as: knowledge of population race structure and variability of the pathogen in Yohannes Keterew, Woubit Dawit, West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia. Therefore, the present study was conducted to Thangavel Selvaraj and Alemu Lencho (2018) Physiological identify C. lindemuthianum races and evaluation of common bean genotypes characterization and evaluation of against the virulent isolates. Race analysis was carried out by inoculating 51 common bean genotypes against isolates on to the 12 differential hosts.