Control of Soil-Borne Disease of Soybean

Soil-borne diseases are a significant cause of reduction in crop yield. Alternative management soils can enhance the natural disease-controlling organisms soil. This study explores impact alternative production methods on primary soybean disease, charcoal rot, caused by fungus Macrophomina phaseolina. Treatments that could potentially or control disease were implemented, and soil tests conducted for nutrient presence. Manure increased levels soil, as expected, but did not control. Solarization temperature within plots, number colony forming units M. Environmental conditions during 2022 growing season much hotter drier than normal, leading to reduced yields.