In Kansas, the crop most affected by charcoal rot is soybeans, especially in southeast and east central Kansas. Currently, there are no soybean strains that have been identified that are resistant to the pathogen and there are no other effective methods available for control the disease. The host-pathogen interaction has not been studied at the molecular level, making genetic engineering an impossible strategy at the present time.
The research goal of this project is to better understand the molecular mechanism of the charcoal rot disease Medicago as the model.
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#soybean diseases