Inheritance of a Gene (Bs₃) Conferring Hypersensitive Resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in Pepper (Capsicum annuum). B. -S. Kim, Graduate Student, Department of Horticulture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822. R. W. Hartmann, Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822. Plant Dis. 69:233-235. Accepted for publication 10 September 1984. Copyright 1985 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-69-233.

A gene is reported in PI 271322 that confers hypersensitivity to pepper strain race 1 of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. This gene is inherited as a single dominant gene and is named Bs₃.

Keyword(s): bacterial spot.