Prospects for durability of available resistances to fungal diseases and parasitic weeds in pea and faba bean

Peas and faba beans, as any other crops, can be damaged by a number of diseases. Breeders have explored a range of strategies to exploit available resistances, that unfortunately use to be scarce, incomplete and of limited heritability. As a result, only cultivars with moderate levels of resistance are available to farmers in most instances. This is further complicated by the fact that several clearly distinct species (i.e. Orobanche crenata and O. foetida; Uromyces viciae-fabae and U. pisi; Erysiphe pisiand E. trifolii) can infect the same legume crop. Here we will revise current status of resistance in pea and faba bean to a number of fungal diseases and parasitic weeds discussing historic and recent achievements, with a special focus on potential durability.