By Zahi Kanaan-Atallah, Ph.D. Washington State University May 2003 Chair: Dennis A. Johnson Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary is a cosmopolitan, homothallic and necrotrophic ascomycetous fungus dispersed by airborne ascospores and soilborne sclerotia. It causes disease in over 400 host species. A significant correlation between potato yield losses and stem rot incidence has not been obser...

White mold, caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, can be a serious disease of crops grown under cool, moist environments. In many plants, such as soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], complete genetic resistance does not exist. To identify possible genes involved in defense against this pathogen, and to determine possible physiological changes that occur during infection, a microarray ...

Three damaging soybean diseases, Sclerotinia stem rot caused by a fungus sclerotiorum (Lid.) de Bary, Phytophthora root sojae, and cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe), are destructive to growth yield cause huge economic losses. Biocontrol is an effective way control diseases with the advantage of being environmentally friendly sustainable. To date, few reviews have reported these three...