date:Jul 23, 2013
that move in water and onto soybean roots. Diseased roots form lesions that can move up the stem and kill the entire soybean plant. In addition, the pathogen produces spores that can remain dormant in soil through the winter and become active when warm weather returns.
Even in normal crop years, the disease causes 8% to 15% of the crop loss nationwide.
Because the soybean plant's own genetic resistance to Phytophthora has proven to be the best way to control the pathogen, the mapping of the s