The objective of this project is to create soybeans resistant to the charcoal rot, with the ultimate goal of producing a transgenic soybean strain able to thrive in Kansas and other locations where charcoal rot is endemic and unavoidable. This disease is the top soybean crop disease in Kansas. Treatment strategies to-date have included crop rotation, reduced seeding, and irrigation. None of the treatment options are ideal. Therefore, the identification of charcoal rot resistant soybean plants is the goal.
Key Benefactors:
farmers, plant pathologists, agronomists, breeders