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In Vitro Assay for Evaluation of Phytophthora Rot on Soybean Taproots

Dep. of Horticulture
Dep. of Agronomy, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801

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Root lesions indicate soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] cultivar resistance to phytophthora rot, caused by the soilborne fungus Phytophthora megasperma Drechs. f. sp. glycinea T. Kuan & D.C. Erwin (Pmg). The type and degree of resistance to Pmg was rapidly, decisively gauged by monitoring lesion expansion and branch root proliferation in a microculture assay. ‘Williams 82’ soybean, containing the resistance gene Rps1-kexhibited a dark, discrete lesion on taproots within 12 h after inoculation. In the absence of an effective Rps gene, light-brown water-soaked lesions on taproots continued to expand with time. Cultivars with different levels of rate-reducing resistance could be distinguished by measuring lesion size and rate of expansion.

Received for publication August 1, 1990.