Integrated Management of Fungal Diseases of Soybean

Dear Colleagues,

There is an urgent need to protect crop losses due to disease and pests to feed a growing population with limited resources. Successful cultivation of soybean is limited by many biotic stresses, mostly diseases. Every year, soybean farmers lose millions of dollars worldwide due to fungal diseases. Soybean diseases not only reduce yield but also affect grain and seed quality, which will negatively impact food, feed, and fuel production.  

Fungicide use in soybean is increasing not only to manage the diseases but also to obtain a higher yield with no or a smaller disease environment due to the marketing claims of plant health and physiological benefits associated with fungicides. Consequently, fungicide resistance is common in many fungal pathogens in soybean. Judicial use of fungicides and integration of other disease management methods are needed to better protect the environment, slow down the development of fungicide-resistant isolates, and develop sustainable management plans for diseases.

This Special Issue is intended to provide insights into the integrated management of soybean fungal diseases. We welcome contributions into chemical and nonchemical management of soybean diseases based on associated risk of fungal diseases, evaluation of host resistance and other cultural management practices, and methods of minimizing calendar-based soybean fungicide uses with disease forecasting and advisory models.

Dr. Yuba Kandel
Guest Editor

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• integrated management
• disease management
• soybean fungal diseases
• host resistance
• cultural management
• fungicide resistance
• disease forecasting model
• risk-based fungicide spray
• non-chemical management
• biological management
• soybean foliar diseases
• frogeye leaf spot management
• resistance breeding
• plant nutrient management for disease control
• soybean stem diseases
• soybean root rot management
• sustainable management
• molecular mapping for disease resistance
• cultivar selection
• germplasm evaluation for disease resistance