Project Number: 6401-21220-001-00
Project Type: Appropriated

Start Date: Feb 25, 2004
End Date: Oct 31, 2008

Objective:
To provide a holding project in the Mid South Area Office until administrative action is taken to establish an ARS Location at Jackson, TN. Research will be conducted to abate increases in disease pressure that are attributed to current soybean management practices on highly erodable soils of Tennessee and other Southern states. Modern genetic and plant pathological approaches will be used to enhance soybean resistance to relevant foliar diseases in no-tillage production systems. Research also will be conducted to determine the interaction of soil nutrient stress and water quality on disease incidence in site-specific soybean production systems.

Approach:
To provide a holding project in the Mid South Area Office until administrative action is taken to establish an ARS Location at Jackson, TN. Research will be conducted to abate increases in disease pressure that are attributed to current soybean management practices on highly erodable soils of Tennessee and other Southern states. Modern genetic and plant pathological approaches will be used to enhance soybean resistance to relevant foliar diseases in no-tillage production systems. Research also will be conducted to determine the interaction of soil nutrient stress and water quality on disease incidence in site-specific soybean production systems.