Improving Soybean White Mold Control: Integrated Management and Breeding for Resistance
2020
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Plant Pathology
- University of California, Davis, Department of Plant Pathology
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Plant Pathology
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Plant Pathology
- Iowa State University, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology
- Michigan State University, Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Plant Pathology
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Plant Pathology
Project Media
White mold of soybean is caused by the fungal pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and is a devastating disease in the Great Lakes growing region of the United States. The integrated management techniques used to control this disease are multi-level including the manipulation of row spacing, adjusting planting population, and using fungicides along with genetically resistant cultivars.
There is a significant need to test all combinations of control strategies together to measure the full effect on white mold control. Thus, the objective of our current work are as follows:
- Improve management of white mold by determining the greatest methods for reducing disease pressure.
- Develop soybean lines with high white mold resistance while also retaining favorable agronomic traits.