A pernicious pathogen, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary has a wide geographic distribution and a diverse host range, including many agronomic crops (16). On soybean, S. sclerotiorum causes Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR), a disease recognized as an important yield-reducing disease in the United States (41) and a major disease on soybean in Illinois (15). Partial resistance associated with eit...

The stem rot disease has emerged globally as a major threat to oilseed Brassica's productivity and seed quality. generalist causal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary shows large variability in their aggressiveness pathogenicity. Revealing the pathogen's metabolic profile signaling components host-pathogen interaction is fundamental understanding host resistance disease. In this st...