_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: gaudenciakiptoo@gmail.com; Journal of Experimental Agriculture International 27(4): 1-7, 2018; Article no.JEAI.26326 ISSN: 2457-0591 (Past name: American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, Past ISSN: 2231-0606) Evaluation of French Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Varieties for Resistance to Anthracnose G. J. Kiptoo 1* , E. E. Arunga 1 and S. K. Kimno 1 1 Department of Biotechnology, University of Eldoret, P.O. Box 1125 - 30100 Eldoret, Kenya. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Author GJK designed the study, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author EEA reviewed the experimental design and all drafts of the manuscript. Author SKK performed the statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JEAI/2018/26326 Editor(s): (1) Dr. Lixiang Cao, Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Sun Yat-sen University, China. Reviewers: (1) Chandra Sekhar Mohanty, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, India. (2) Boubakri Htatem, CBBC, Tunisia. (3) Ilias Faiza, Center University of Belhadj Bouchaib, Algeria. (4) Annet Namayanja, National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), Uganda. (5) S. Gomes, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Portugal. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history/26917 Received 11 April 2016 Accepted 17 June 2016 Published 29 October 2018 ABSTRACT French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is a very important protein component of the diets of the majority of the population globally and in Kenya. It is a major vegetable export crop (48%) and income earner to the smallholder farmers who constitute more than 80% of producers in Kenya. However commercial varieties presently grown have the potential to produce more yields of above 1800 kgha -1 but are limited by pests and disease. Among the diseases is anthracnose incited by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum (sacc.et. magn.) Lams. Scrip which causes a severe rapidly developing disease that can bring about complete plant defoliation and extensive yield and or quality loss. Studies were conducted to identify commercial varieties of French beans which are resistant to anthracnose disease. The objective of this study was to screen commercial varieties of French beans in controlled environmental conditions (glasshouse) for resistance to anthracnose disease. This was achieved through evaluation of incidence and phenotypic variation in anthracnose virulence among the bean varieties in relation to yields. Ten bean varieties were used during the study, among them were two controls; Julia, Andate, Amy, Organdia, Mara, Serengeti (resistant Original Research Article