“…Although anthracnose disease has significant detrimental effects in Turkey especially in coastal regions where fresh bean cultivation is common, the studies concerning determination of pathogen strains common to Turkey and of varieties resistant to these strains in Turkey have been initiated only recently. A literature review indicates that in other countries where cultivation is common, strains of the common fungi have been identified and the varieties resistant to the identified strains have been developed (Kelly, Hosfield, Varner, Uebersax, Afanador, & Taylor, 1995;Kelly, Hosfield, Varner, Uebersax, Long, & Taylor, 1998;Balardin & Kelly, 1998;Sharma, Kumar, Sharma, Sud, & Yagi, 1999;Kelly, Hosfield, Varner, Uebersax, & Taylor, 2000;Kelly, Hosfield, Varner, Uebersax, & Taylor, 2001; Acosta-Gallegos, Ibarra-Pérez, Rosales-Serna, Cázares-Enríquez, Fernández-Hernandez, Castillo-Rosales, & Kelly, 2001a,b;Miklas, Kelly, & Singh, 2003). In Turkey, where this agent is present and poses risk of spreading, it is crucial to search for sources of resistance against this pathogen, to protect and make use of the present gene sources and to transfer resistance to native varieties by selective breeding.…”