2021
Mitigating Soybean Root and Seedling Diseases in Kansas
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Kansas Soybean Commission
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Christopher Little, Kansas State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
2148
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Kansas Soybean Commission
$43,540
Institution Funded:
Kansas State University
$43,540
Brief Project Summary:

The first objective in this project is to discover resistance to fungal pathogens in SDS, Fusarium diseases, and charcoal rot. Genetic resistance in these diseases occur using different mechanisms, but varieties exist that exhibit moderate resistance. A catalog of varietal resistance will be required to integrate quantitative traits into breeding materials. The second objective is to evaluate management strategies for fungal pathogen control. Our research demonstrated that high-glucosinolate mustard reduces M. phaseolina in soybeans. However, it has not been tested to control SDS or other Fusarium spp. The third objective is to assess the impact of re-emerging root pathogens in southeastern Kansas.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, breeders, biologists

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

(1) Identification of breeding lines, PIs, and commercial varieties with resistance to SDS, Fusarium root rot/seedling disease, and charcoal rot.
(2) Determine the effectiveness of management strategies, esp. the use of Brassica juncea cover crops on SDS and Fusarium root and seedling disease control.
(3) Develop a SEK Phyotophthora sojae that can be evaluated.
(4) Results obtained during the proposed studies (and subsequently repeated experiments) will be published in recognized scholarly journals.
(5) Useful information from these studies will be incorporated into future Kansas Research and Extension publications such as new and revised plant pathology fact sheet(s), new and/or revised crop production support guide(s), and Agronomy eUpdates.
(6) We will communicate these results to producers and stakeholders when extension personnel associated with the Department of Plant Pathology and KSRE that give presentations, training sessions and field days.
(7) Results will also be communicated on a regular basis on the K-State Radio Network program, Agriculture Today.

Final Project Results

Update:
See Final Report attached as a PDF.

View uploaded report PDF file

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.