Occurrence of Soybean Sleeping Blight Caused by Septogloeum sojae in Korea.
10.5941/MYCO.2012.40.4.265
- Author:
Sung Kee HONG
1
;
Hyo Won CHOI
;
Young Kee LEE
;
Sang Yeob LEE
;
Hong Sik SHIM
Author Information
1. Crop Protection Division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration, Suwon 441-707, Korea. sukihong@korea.kr
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Septogloeum sojae;
Sleeping blight;
Soybean
- MeSH:
Fungi;
Korea;
Soybeans
- From:Mycobiology
2012;40(4):265-267
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Sleeping blight was observed on soybean plants grown in Yanggu, Suwon and Geumsan from 2005 to 2011. Symptoms developed on stems and pods of affected soybean plants. Five fungal isolates were obtained from the diseased plants and identified as Septogloeum sojae based on their morphological, cultural and molecular characteristics. Pathogenicity of the fungus was confirmed on soybean plants by artificial inoculation. This is the first report of S. sojae causing sleeping blight in soybean plants in Korea.
