2013
A novel biofungicide against Asian Soybean Rust and its effectiveness in other yield-reducing fungal Soybean Diseases
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Illinois Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Metin Bilgin, University of Illinois-Carbondale
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Illinois Soybean Association
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Illinois-Carbondale
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

DB709 is a novel biofungicide against Asian Soybean Rust (ASR) and other yield-reducing fungal Soybean Diseases. DB709 is a natural compound obtained from Glycine tomentella and has fungicidal activity that is greater than 95% effective against Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal agent of ASR. This project will evaluate the effectiveness of this biofungicide against several other foliar soybean fungal diseases and determine optimum applicable formulations of DB709 as a biofungicide under greenhouse conditions.

This compound is a novel flavonoid that inhibits fungal spore growth and germination tube formation at micromolar concentrations (U.S. Patent App. No. 12 /370,373, U.S.P.T.O. on...

Unique Keywords:
#soybean diseases
Information And Results
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.