Identifying the molecular and genetic basis of resistance to Sclerotinia stem rot (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) is critical for developing long-term cost-effective management this disease in rapeseed/canola (Brassica napus). Current cultural or chemical options provide, at best, only partial and/or sporadic control. Towards this, a B. napus breeding population (Mystic x Rainbow), including parents...

Abstract Sclerotinia stem rot caused by sclerotiorum is one of the most important diseases oilseed rape in world. Because absence resistant varieties and disadvantages chemical control, application antifungal microbes has become an eco-friendly effective measure to control this disease. In study, Bacillus subtilis strain RSS-1, isolated from soil samples, was identified based on morphological, ...

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a broad range fungal pathogen which attacks more than 500 species of higher plants (Boland and Hall, 1994; Saharan and Mehta, 2008; Sharma et al.,, 2015a). The pathogen can cause serious losses in yield and quality on numerous important field and vegetable crops (Purdy, 1979). Stem rot of Indian mustard caused by S. sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary has beco...

D. S. Mueller, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801; A. E. Dorrance, Department of Plant Pathology, R. C. Derksen, USDA/ARS, and E. Ozkan, Department of Food Agriculture and Biological Engineering, Ohio State University, Wooster 44691; J. E. Kurle, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108; C. R. Grau, Department of Plant Pathology, and ...