Charcoal rot is a top five yield-reducer in the southern soybean production system. This project provides new tools to reduce charcoal rot’s impact on soybean farmers. Charcoal rot phenotyping for the recombinant inbred lines have been made and the soybean lines grown and screened in a charcoal rot-infested field. Severity rating and the amount of colony forming units/gram of tissue can be used to determine whether a soybean line is resistant, moderately resistant, moderately susceptible or susceptible. This will help determine the genetic inheritance for charcoal rot resistance.
Identify the genetics of resistance to charcoal rot and provide new markers for breeders to speed up variety release with pyramided resistance.
The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.