Common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli reduces common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield and quality worldwide. Genetic resistance provides effective disease control; however, a high level of resistance is difficult to attain and does not exist in pinto bean, the most important dry bean market class in North America. Our objective was to determine if a backc...

Common bacterial blight (CBB) caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli reduces common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield and quality worldwide. Genetic resistance provides effective disease control; however, a high level of resistance is difficult to attain and does not exist in pinto bean, the most important dry bean market class in North America. Our objective was to determine if a backc...

The most effective control of Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) and necrosis (BCMNV) is achieved by using the seeds resistant cultivars. During conventional breeding, resistance against BCMV BCMNV in bean can be developed pyramiding strain-nonspecific dominant I gene with strain-specific recessive (bc-) genes for long-term control. In this study, a total 58 genotypes involving registered green dr...

The regulatory sequences of many genes encoding seed storage proteins have been used to drive seed-specific expression of a variety of proteins in transgenic plants. Because the levels at which these transgene-derived proteins accumulate are generally quite low, we investigated the utility of the arcelin-5 regulatory sequences in obtaining high seed-specific expression in transgenic plants. Arc...

Myo-Inositol Phosphate Synthase (MIPS; EC 5.5.1.4) catalyses the first committed step in inositol biosynthesis. The enzyme converts D-glucose 6-phosphate, an intermediate of the glycolytic pathway, to myo-inositol phosphate (Ins phosphate), which is subsequently converted to myo-inositol by the action of inositol monophosphatase [3]. It has been demonstrated that MIPS is a key enzyme during the...

Detached bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and strawberry (Fragaria) fruits fed l-gulono-1,4-lactone or l-galactono-1,4-lactone convert this compound, in part, to l-ascorbic acid. When l-galactono-1,4-lactone is given as a 0.25% solution to detached bean shoots, the ascorbic acid content is tripled in less than 10 hours. l-Gulono-1,4-lactone is only 5 to 10% as effective as its epimer. Experiments with...

Bean golden mosaic virus (BGMV) is transmitted by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci in a persistent, circulative manner, causing the golden mosaic of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). The characteristic symptoms are yellow-green mosaic of leaves, stunted growth, or distorted pods. The disease is the largest constraint to bean production in Latin America and causes severe yield losses (40 to 100%)....