Objective 1. Find new sources of germplasm and develop new or improved breeding lines to be incorporated into industry elite material
Deliverable 1: Provide new sources of resistance to incorporate into commercial varieties
Objective 2. Identify molecular markers associated with charcoal rot resistance using linkage and association mapping approaches.
Deliverable 2: Provide new markers for breeders to use to speed up variety release
Objective 3. Determine environmental variables that influence disease development
Deliverable 3: Understand how temperature, moisture, planting date and variety type could influence disease developmentâwill lead to improved management
Objective 4. Quantify the impact of production practices that minimize disease development
Deliverable 4: Identify how common production practices influence disease. Provide economic data to strengthen implementation of suggested management practices.
Objective 5. Determine pathogen diversity to aid with management guidelines and improve breeding and screening programs
Deliverable 5: Provide plant pathologists and breeders with a set of host differentials to characterize M. phaseolina. Characterize pathogen diversity to create area-specific management recommendations.
Objective 6. Optimize detection methods for M. phaseolina
Deliverable 6: Determine pre-season (soil) and early-season infection levels (plant) prior to symptom development to aid with in-season management decisions and provide more efficient pathogen quantification method to breeders and plant pathologists.