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Update from the U.S. National Sclerotinia Initiative meeting
USA
January 23, 2012
Source: National Sunflower Association NEWS
Reports from researchers at the annual meeting of the National Sclerotinia Initiative indicate that positive progress is being made on this difficult disease.
The disease affects most broadleaf crops and requires multiple genes for resistance.
The greatest progress is being made with a combination of improved genetics and new fungicides.
Resistant genes are being identified in a number of wild sunflower species. Transferring those genes to cultivated sunflower is the present task. Further testing of fungicides in misted disease nurseries for a number of crops including sunflower is on the agenda for 2012.
The Initiative is federally funded and has again received more proposals than available funding. About $400,000 in proposed research will need to be cut.
Other crops in the Initiative include soybean, canola, peas and lentils and edible beans.
Researchers from 14 different states are involved in projects and there is a great deal of collaboration among universities and USDA- ARS researchers.
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