The Laboratory for Soybean Disease Research conducts research on soybean rust, charcoal rot, soybean aphids, soybean viruses, phythophthora root rot, sudden death syndrome and other soybean diseases. Projects fall into three main categories: epidemiology of soybean diseases, pathogen variability and host resistance.
The lab also contributes significantly to the Varietal Information Program for Soybeans (VIPS), including evaluation of soybean varieties for resistance to Phytophthora root rot, Sclerotinia stem rot, soybean aphid, soybean mosaic virus, and sudden death syndrome. This program helps soybean growers with soybean variety selection. You can read more about the VIPS program at vipsoybean.org
www.vipsoybean.org
Soybean aphids applied to a resistance test in a field cage, Urbana, Illinois.
Bean leaf beetle resistance test in the field, Urbana, IL.
