“…The genetics of the genus Glomerella were first studied by Edgerton (1912Edgerton ( , 1914. Cytogenetic, morphogenetic and morphological studies have also been conducted with G. cingulata (Hüttig, 1935;Lucas, 1946;Wheeler et al, 1948;McGahen & Wheeler, 1951;Uecker, 1994), but isolates from common bean were not included until recently (Roca et al, 2000). The sexual form of C. lindemuthianum was not reported until 1970 when the formation of fertile perithecia through crosses in culture medium was observed (Kimati & Galli, 1970).…”