Vigna angularis cultivar:Erimo Genome sequencing. Vigna angularis cultivar:Erimo

Resistance to bacterial brown spot in Adzuki beanAdzuki bean [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi] is the most profitable small-seeded bean grown in Ontario (Moran, 2016). It is cultivated in Canada primarily to be exported to Japan and generated over US$32 million in foreign revenue for Canada in 2022. In that year, Canada ranked as the second-largest exporter of adzuki beans globally (Trend Economy, 2023). Bacterial brown spot caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae van Hall recently became a threat to the cultivation of adzuki beans in Ontario and can result in yield losses of up to 40 percent (King, 2019). P. syringae strains secrete virulence factors that target host defense mechanisms to circumvent host resistance (Xin et al., 2018). Genetic resistance is the most effective way to manage this disease since other control measures (physical, chemical & cultural) are not effective. The challenge however is that there are no commercial adzuki varieties that are resistant to bacterial brown spot. This research addresses the hypothesis that genetic differences between the interactions between P. syringae pv. syringae and adzuki bean that result in resistance and susceptibility to bacterial brown spot can be identified and utilized to create molecular markers for breeding bacterial brown spot-resistant varieties.REFERENCESM. Moran. 2016. Comparing the Profitability of Soybeans and Dry Edible Beans. Field Crop News. https://fieldcropnews.com/2016/03/comparing-the-profitability-of-soybeans-and-dry-edible-beans/Trend Economy. 2023. Small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus/Vigna angularis), dried, shelled, whether or not skinned/split | Imports and Exports | 2022. Published on 2023-12-26.King, C. 2019. Spotlight on bacterial brown spot. Top Crop Manager.https://www.topcropmanager.com/spotlight-on-bacterial-brown-spotSchoonhoven, A. van and Pastor-Corrales, M. A. 1987. Standard System for the Evaluation of Bean Germplasm. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Columbia. 53p.Xin, X.F., Kvitko, B. and He, S.Y., 2018. Pseudomonas syringae: what it takes to be a pathogen. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 16(5), p.316.