Soybean Variety Response to Taproot Decline
By Trey Price, Associate Professor, & Myra Purvis, Research Associate, Agronomic Crop Pathology, Macon Ridge Research Station Boyd Padgett, Professor, Agronomic Crop Pathology, Dean Lee Research Station
Taproot decline (TRD) of soybean, caused by Xylaria sp., usually is not noticed until pod fill when interveinal chlorosis and necrosis become evident from the turn row. However, the disease may cause seed rot, seedling disease , and plant death at any point the growing season.