First report of Fusarium neocosmosporiellum on soybean in Illinois: New detection complicates the field diagnosis of red crown rot and other fungal diseases
Summary
Fusarium neocosmosporiellum (the fungus associated with Neocosmospora stem rot) has been confirmed on soybean plants from Clay County, Illinois by the University of Illinois Plant Clinic. This pathogen has been previously identified in the southern United States on soybean and peanut. The effect on yield loss in the field is unknown. Plants colonized by this fungus can easily be confused with red crown rot due to the similar foliar symptoms (interveinal yellowing and browning of the leaf tissue) and similar signs (small,…