Anthracnose(Colletotrichum lindemuthianum)is regarded as one of the most devastating diseases of common bean throughout the world.It causes greater losses to the production and quality of common bean.The study on the gene resistance to anthracnose can supply a foundation for resistance breeding.Gene resistance to anthracnose in common bean is Co-1 to Co-10 among which nine are independent and Co-3/Co-9 is allelic.Except the recessive co-8 gene,all other nine are dominant genes and multiple alleles exist at Co-1,Co-4 and Co-9 loci.Except loci Co-5,Co-7 and co-8,all other genes are mapped to different linkage groups.