Deliverables of the project will include: new screening methodologies for PSD that breeders and pathologists can use, germplasm with PSD resistance that breeders can use for cultivar development, molecular markers for PSD resistance that breeders can use in marker-assisted selection, and new and improved cultivars and breeding lines for producers. The new and improved PSD resistant varieties will positively impact growers’ soybean yields/quality and net farm income.