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A Review of Soybean (Glycine max) Seed, Pod, and Flower Mycofloras in North America, with Methods and a Key for Identification of Selected Fungi

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A review of the fungi associated with soybean seeds, pods, or flowers was conducted in North America. Species of Deuteromycetes are the most common fungi in each of the soybean flower organs followed by the Ascomycetes and Phycomycetes which comprise about one-fourth of the total mycoflora. Eighty genera and about 135 or more species occur in seeds, pods, or flowers. With regard to numbers of taxa from separate mycofloras, 63 genera and about 108 or more species occur in seeds, 65 genera and about 88 or more species occur in pods, and 36 genera and approximately 47 or more species occur in flowers. Most of the fungi which occur in flowers can be cultured from pods, and the majority of those fungi occur in seeds. Methods for and a key are provided for the identification of the 30 most important selected fungi.

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  2. Crop Production and Pathology Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Botany and Plant Pathology Department, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

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Roy, K., Baird, R. & Abney, T. A Review of Soybean (Glycine max) Seed, Pod, and Flower Mycofloras in North America, with Methods and a Key for Identification of Selected Fungi. Mycopathologia 150, 15–27 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010805224993

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