2015
Developing a working greenhouse method for screening soybean germplasm, cultivars and breeding lines for charcoal rot resistance
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Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Lead Principal Investigator:
Alemu Mengistu, USDA/ARS-West Tennessee Experiment Station
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Brief Project Summary:

Recently, a field-assessment method based on a colony-forming unit and stem and root severity was developed, and this method has remained the only alternative option for screening and identifying resistance against charcoal rot. This project aims to evaluate different inoculation techniques in controlled environment that can differentiate resistance lines from susceptible ones, to compare and validate the reactions of cultivars obtained through this technique with that of field evaluation technique and evaluate variations among Macrophomina phaseolina isolates for aggressiveness using a greenhouse technique.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents, soybean breeders, seed companies

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