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shows valuable resistance. It is claimed that resistance is a 

 dominant Mendelian character. 



The fungus is carried to fields largely by diseased seeds; 



Fig. 81. — Bean anthracnose upon stem and leaves of young 

 plants. After Whetzel. 



by beans bearing the spots above mentioned. Such seeds 

 result in infected seedlings which serve as a multiplying 

 medium for the fungus and result in its spread and general 

 attack upon the field. 



