2019
Screening of soybean varieties, breeding lines for charcoal rot, frogeye leaf spot and Phomopsis seed decay resistance
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
DiseaseField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Alemu Mengistu, USDA/ARS-West Tennessee Experiment Station
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
19-002-R
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
$25,000
Institution Funded:
University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
$25,000
Brief Project Summary:

This project continues processing and evaluating soybean lines for charcoal rot resistance, frogeye leaf spot resistance and Phomopsis decay. Research includes validation of resistance to charcoal rot on individual soybean plant selections within breeding lines and Soybean Cyst Nematode germplasms, screening of commercial cultivars for charcoal rot, simultaneous evaluation of resistance to charcoal rot and drought tolerance, screening of conventional and breeding lines against Phomopsis seed decay and evaluation of soybean accessions and breeding lines for frogeye leaf spot resistance.

Key Beneficiaries:
#agronomists, #extension agents, #farmers, #seed companies, #soybean breeders
Unique Keywords:
#agronomy, #charcoal rot, #disease, #disease resistance, #frogeye leaf spot, #genetics, #soybean breeding
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

The overall goal of this research is to provide producers with technologies to minimize soybean yield loss to the top three soybean diseases (charcoal rot, Frogeye leaf spot and Phomopsis seed decay) causing economic damage to Tennessee and the Midsouthern U.S.

Final Project Results

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.