Seventeen common bean cultivars recommended for Minas Gerais state, Brazil, were inoculated with five pathotypes (6, 7, 9, 10 and 12) of Uromyces appendiculatus and five pathotypes (63.55, 31.23, 63.39, 31.55 and 63.23) of Phaeoisariopsis griseola. Five experiments were carried out for each pathogen. For rust, infection frequency (IF) and average pustule size (APS) were estimated. Angular leaf spot symptoms were evaluated using a 1 to 9 grading scale. The majority of the cultivars were susceptible to at least three pathotypes of U. appendiculatus. The most susceptible cultivars to rust were Roxo 90 and Meia Noite, and the most resistant was Ouro Negro, which was immune to all pathotypes tested. Roxo 90, Carioca MG, Pérola, Carioca 1030 and Aporé, which are extensively planted in Minas Gerais State, were widely susceptible to angular leaf spot. Cultivars Ouro Negro and EMGOPA 201-Ouro harbor resistance genes to different pathotypes of P. griseola and, the combination of these genes in a new cultivar would result in resistance to all tested pathotypes.
