UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO IN COOPERATION WITH USDA MAYAGUEZ INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE PERFORM RESEARCH TO CLASSIFY VIRUS DISEASES AND NEMATODES AND DEVELOP HIGH-YIELDING DISEASE-RESISTANT BEAN AND COWPEA VARIETIES WHILE EVALUATING CHEMICAL DISEASE/INSECT CONTROLS AND APPLICABLE RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES. RESEARCH INTEGRATED WITH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES. PROJECT TESTS FUNGICIDES AND BACTERICIDES AGAINST ENDEMIC AND NEW BEAN AND COWPEA DISEASES AND INCLUDES FIELD TESTS TO EVALUATE INSECT ATTACK/DAMAGE ON SELECTED CROP VARIETIES. LDC GRADUATE STUDENTS PERFORM RESEARCH ASSISTANCE AND NEW MULTIPLE DISEASE RESISTANT VARIETIES DEMONSTRATED TO LOCAL BEAN GROWERS.
