Three soybean experiments, one for each maturation group (early, semi-early, and medium), were installed in the field in Assis, State of São Paulo, during the 2003/2004 growing season to evaluate damage caused by Anticarsia gemmatalis (Hubn.) and by the soybean stink bug complex, Euschistus heros (F.), Piezodorus guildinii (West.), and Nezara viridula (L.). The experiments were installed again in 2004/2005, with the exception of the early cycle group. Defoliation caused by A. gemmatalis was evaluated by the percentage estimate of leaf area cut in the first year only, due to low caterpillar infestations in 2004/2005. All three stink bug species were present in both growing seasons. In 2003/2004, E. heros was predominant over the other two; in the following year, all three species occurred in similar numbers. The productivity criterion was adopted to evaluate stink bug damage. Based on both growing seasons and mainly considering productivity, a few lines could be selected within each maturation group for new field studies or for hybridizations in breeding programs. Among the early germplasm varieties, lines IAC 98-4540, IAC 98-4576, and IAC 98-3123 can be highlighted as promising; the latter also showed little defoliation by A. gemmatalis; in the semi-early group, IAC 98-4017, IAC 98-2663, and IAC 98-4250 were prominent, with steady productivity in both years; in the medium group, IAC 98-4136, the most productive, as well as IAC 98-4140 and IAC 98-4133, all with little defoliation, can be pointed out as promising.

Foi avaliada a reação de 23 genótipos de feijoeiro comum (Phaseolus vulgaris) à mancha angular causada por Phaeoisariopsis griseola, utilizando os isolados monospóricos Ig 664 e Ig 669, caracterizados como os patótipos 63.23 e 63.19, respectivamente. Quatorze dias após a semeadura (estádio V3), as plantas foram inoculadas com uma suspensão contendo 2,5 x 10(4) conídios/mL, nas faces adaxial e abaxial da primeira folha trifoliolada. A avaliação dos sintomas foi efetuada aos 14 e 18 dias após a inoculação, utilizando-se uma escala variando de 1 (sem sintomas) a 9 ( > 25% da área foliar com lesões de mancha angular). Das cultivares analisadas, BRS Valente, CNFC 10281, CNFP 10138, BRS Grafite, BRS Requinte, BRS Pontal, MAR 02, Cornell 49-242 e AND 277 foram resistentes aos dois isolados. As cultivares Carioca Rubi, CNFC 9504, CNFC 10150 e Soberano foram suscetíveis aos dois patótipos testados. O patótipo 63.23 foi o mais virulento. As novas fontes de resistência à mancha angular identificadas neste trabalho podem ser utilizadas em programas de melhoramento do feijoeiro comum, que visem incorporar resistência em novas cultivares.

Twenty-three common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) genotypes were tested for reaction to angular leaf spot disease caused by Phaeoisariopsis griseola in the greenhouse. All genotypes were tested with monosporic isolates Ig 664 and Ig 669, characterized as pathotypes 63.23 and 63.19, respectively. Fourteen-day-old plants (vegetative stage V3) were inoculated with a suspension containing 2.5 × 10(4) conidia/mL. This suspension was applied to the upper and lower leaf surfaces. Disease symptoms were evaluated 14 and 18 days after inoculation by using a rating scale varying from 1 (no symptoms) to 9 (> 25% of leaf area with angular leaf spot lesions). Culivars BRS Valente, CNFC 10281, CNFP 10138, BRS Grafite, BRS Requinte, BRS Pontal, MAR 02, Cornell 49-242 and AND 277 showed resistance to both isolates. Cultivars Carioca Rubi, CNFC 9504, CNFC 10150 and Soberano were susceptible to both pathotypes. Pathotype 63.23 was the most virulent. The new resistance sources identified in this work could be used in common bean breeding programs aiming to incorporate resistance to angular leaf spot in new common bean cultivars.