A pernicious pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary has a wide geographic distribution and a diverse host range, including many agronomic crops (16). On soybean, S. sclerotiorum causes Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), a disease recognized as an important yield-reducing disease in the United States (41) and a major disease on soybean in Illinois (15). Partial resistance associated with eit...

Fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum Schltdl. f.sp. phaseoli (Fop), is one of the important diseases of the common bean in Iran and many of the bean growing countries. Incidence of the disease has been reported in tropical and semi-tropical regions of the world. This study was carried out to characterize genetic diversity of F. oxysporum isolates from the common bean by vegetative compati...