Microbial and metabolic responses of soybean (Glycine max L.) roots to the sudden death syndrome pathogen, Fusarium virguliforme
This project aims to study the change in bacterial and fungal communities associated with the roots of two soybean genotypes Spencer and Ripley in the presence of the pathogen Fusarium virguliforme causing Sudden death Syndrome in soybeans. For the experiment three soils collected from three commerical fields viz., Ransom, LaMoure and Sragent county of North Dakota and the soybean genotypes were grown in the soil using roll towel method. The inoculated samples has 1 ml of spore suspension of the pathogen while the control received water.