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LSU Doctoral Dissertations

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2004

Soybean

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Cercospora Leaf Blight Of Soybean: Pathogen Vegetative Compatibility Groups, Population Structure, And Host Resistance, Guohong Cai Jan 2004

Cercospora Leaf Blight Of Soybean: Pathogen Vegetative Compatibility Groups, Population Structure, And Host Resistance, Guohong Cai

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Nitrogen nonutilizing mutants were used to assess vegetative compatibility of 58 isolates of Cercospora kikuchii, 55 of which were isolated from soybean plants in Louisiana. Only 16 of 56 self-compatible isolates were assigned to six multi-member vegetative compatibility groups (VCGs), 01-06, with two or three isolates in each VCG. The other 40 isolates were not vegetatively compatible with any isolates other than themselves. All six multi-member VCGs contained isolates from different soybean cultivars, and three included isolates from different locations. Only one VCG included isolates both from soybean leaves and from seeds, while two and three multi-member VCGs included isolates …


Dry Matter Accumulation By The Start Of Seed Filling As A Criterion For Yield Optimization In Soybean, Harikrishna Modali Jan 2004

Dry Matter Accumulation By The Start Of Seed Filling As A Criterion For Yield Optimization In Soybean, Harikrishna Modali

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Identification of criteria for predicting soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merril] yield would provide farmers with useful management tools. Such criteria not only help in predicting the yield potential but also aid the farmer in determination of environmental factors limiting crop yield. Since a certain total dry matter (TDM) level is expected to optimize yield and R5 marks the end of the period for vegetative TDM accumulation, TDM(R5) is a good putative criterion for optimal yield. Determination of yield components important in yield formation helps to substantiate TDM(R5) as a criterion for optimum yield, since they are formed during discrete periods …