Objectives for 2009:
1. Evaluate ascospore detection of S. sclerotiorum using multiple Rotorod spore traps.
2. Monitor environmental conditions within bean fields to begin model development of ascospore detection events.
Objective for 2008 and Accomplishments: The purpose of this proposed research is to determine whether ascospores of S. sclerotiorum can be detected in experimental bean plantings by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Objectives: to determine the impact of
1.fall Contans applications on Coniothyrium minitans (Cm) infection and survival of sclerotia left on the soil surface through the winter and summer
2.the impact of summer irrigation and burial on sclerotial survival and infection with Cm and other fungi
This project is investigating whether low rate (goal: one pound per acre) early fall Contans applications to flailed diseased residues left on the soil surface can increase Cm inoculum and reduce Ss sclerotial viability.