First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes a devastating disease on soybean (Sclerotinia stem rot) and attacks over 500 other hosts (Grau and Hartman 2015). In October 2018, research plots at Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia, were evaluated for soybean diseases. A sample of 100 randomly selected pl...

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Autores principales: Pawlowski, M.L., Murithi, H., Hailemariam, M., Abebe, A.T., Hartman, G.L.
Formato: Journal Article
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Publicado: Scientific Societies 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105843
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author Pawlowski, M.L.
Murithi, H.
Hailemariam, M.
Abebe, A.T.
Hartman, G.L.
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Hailemariam, M.
Hartman, G.L.
Murithi, H.
Pawlowski, M.L.
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Murithi, H.
Hailemariam, M.
Abebe, A.T.
Hartman, G.L.
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description Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes a devastating disease on soybean (Sclerotinia stem rot) and attacks over 500 other hosts (Grau and Hartman 2015). In October 2018, research plots at Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia, were evaluated for soybean diseases. A sample of 100 randomly selected plants of soybean line T44-15-T110-16SH1 were evaluated for Sclerotinia stem rot in a research plot that was 4 × 2.4 m with 60 cm between the four rows and 5 cm between plants within a row. All but 16 stems had stem rot symptoms with an average plant severity rating of 3.5 (SE = 0.18) based on an adapted 1 (1 to 10% of the stem affected) to 5 (91 to 100% of the stem affected) rating scale (Little and Hills 1978). Five infected stems were selected and sent to the USDA-ARS Soybean Disease and Pest Research Laboratory, Urbana, IL. Three sclerotia removed from each of three infected stems ranged from 4 to 18 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide. Sclerotia were placed on potato dextrose agar (PDA) in 9.8-cm-diameter Petri plates and incubated at 24°C with a 16-h photoperiod for 4 days. The white, appressed mycelia grew from the sclerotia and covered the entire plate after 48 h, with sclerotia forming on the edge of the plate by 4 days. To confirm pathogenicity, a mycelial plug was removed from the margin of a 2-day-old colony of one of the isolates, was obtained by pressing the large end of a 200-μl pipette tip into the culture, and was placed on top of a cut stem above the second trifoliolate of four 3-week-old plants of soybean cultivar Williams 82. Plants were then incubated in a moist chamber for 48 h prior to being placed in a greenhouse held at 22°C with a 16-h photoperiod. Necrotic lesions and white mycelia appeared on the stems 4 days postinoculation. The pathogen was reisolated and cultured on PDA. After 4 days, the reisolated cultures with sclerotia appeared morphologically to be S. sclerotiorum.
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spelling CGSpace1058432025-11-11T10:47:11Z First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia Pawlowski, M.L. Murithi, H. Hailemariam, M. Abebe, A.T. Hartman, G.L. sclerotinia sclerotiorum soybeans ethiopia diseases plant diseases Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causes a devastating disease on soybean (Sclerotinia stem rot) and attacks over 500 other hosts (Grau and Hartman 2015). In October 2018, research plots at Jimma Agricultural Research Center, Ethiopia, were evaluated for soybean diseases. A sample of 100 randomly selected plants of soybean line T44-15-T110-16SH1 were evaluated for Sclerotinia stem rot in a research plot that was 4 × 2.4 m with 60 cm between the four rows and 5 cm between plants within a row. All but 16 stems had stem rot symptoms with an average plant severity rating of 3.5 (SE = 0.18) based on an adapted 1 (1 to 10% of the stem affected) to 5 (91 to 100% of the stem affected) rating scale (Little and Hills 1978). Five infected stems were selected and sent to the USDA-ARS Soybean Disease and Pest Research Laboratory, Urbana, IL. Three sclerotia removed from each of three infected stems ranged from 4 to 18 mm long and 1 to 2 mm wide. Sclerotia were placed on potato dextrose agar (PDA) in 9.8-cm-diameter Petri plates and incubated at 24°C with a 16-h photoperiod for 4 days. The white, appressed mycelia grew from the sclerotia and covered the entire plate after 48 h, with sclerotia forming on the edge of the plate by 4 days. To confirm pathogenicity, a mycelial plug was removed from the margin of a 2-day-old colony of one of the isolates, was obtained by pressing the large end of a 200-μl pipette tip into the culture, and was placed on top of a cut stem above the second trifoliolate of four 3-week-old plants of soybean cultivar Williams 82. Plants were then incubated in a moist chamber for 48 h prior to being placed in a greenhouse held at 22°C with a 16-h photoperiod. Necrotic lesions and white mycelia appeared on the stems 4 days postinoculation. The pathogen was reisolated and cultured on PDA. After 4 days, the reisolated cultures with sclerotia appeared morphologically to be S. sclerotiorum. 2019-10 2019-11-21T12:26:14Z 2019-11-21T12:26:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105843 en Open Access application/pdf Scientific Societies Pawlowski, M., Murithi, H., Hailemariam, M., Tesfaye, A. & Hartman, G.L. (2019). First Report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Causing Stem Rot on Soybeans in Ethiopia. Plant Disease, 1-2.
spellingShingle sclerotinia sclerotiorum
soybeans
ethiopia
diseases
plant diseases
Pawlowski, M.L.
Murithi, H.
Hailemariam, M.
Abebe, A.T.
Hartman, G.L.
First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia
title First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia
title_full First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia
title_fullStr First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia
title_full_unstemmed First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia
title_short First report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean (Glycine max) in Ethiopia
title_sort first report of sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing stem rot on soybean glycine max in ethiopia
topic sclerotinia sclerotiorum
soybeans
ethiopia
diseases
plant diseases
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/105843
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