FIGURE 1 Map of locations where uniform trials were conducted to evaluate Sclerotinia stem rot (SSR) on soybean.

Farmers in the north central U.S. face soybean yield loss from #Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Models from a meta-analysis by Hope Renfroe-Becton et al. power an interactive app to compare fungicide program probabilities for net returns and profitability: https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-07-25-0068-R

Schematic model of NAC42-L activity following temperate and Mediterranean acclimation, including open perspectives on molecular mechanisms.

#Arabidopsis acclimation to daily environmental fluctuations converts a defense response regulator into a susceptibility factor toward #Sclerotinia

Marie Didelon, et al.

nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PlantScience

#JJC2026 Laurence Godiard (@lipme-toulouse.bsky.social) shows that a MADS-box transcription factor gene expressed in multicellular #appressoria impairs #Sclerotinia sclerotiorum #virulence on #Arabidopsis thaliana

Gene-Edited Sclerotinia Resistant Canola by 2029 Cibus is field testing gene-edited sclerotinia-resistant canola, aiming for market availability by 2029 to help growers combat yield losses.

Easing back into things with a scan of the global status of commercial #sclerotinia resistance in #canola. Happy to be reminded of the pioneering work of Cibus who are tackling this complex, polygenic trait with high throughput gene editing (www.producer.com/news/company...). 2029 is not far away!

High-Resolution Disease Phenotyping Reveals Distinct Resistance Mechanisms of Tomato Crop Wild Relatives against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | Plant Phenomics Besides the well-understood qualitative disease resistance, plants possess a more complex quantitative form of resistance: quantitative disease resistance (QDR). QDR is commonly defined as a partial b...

This journey started with a thorough look at infection phenotypes. Using image-based #phenotyping, we characterised distinct mechanisms that are driving QDR against #Sclerotinia and found an astonishing diversity in wild Solanum species!
Read more about this here:

📸https://tinyurl.com/3wjwxncm

Exciting to see baby canola sprouting under our new drip irrigation system. Bulking some candidate #sclerotinia resistant lines.

Tap => pressure limiter 1 => timer => backflow preventer => Venturi fertiliser injector => disc filter => pressure limiter 2 => drip line.

Fertigation here we come!

Advancing the taxonomy of Sclerotinia (Helotiales, Sclerotiniaceae): a review and recommendations for an important plant-pathogenic genus Sclerotinia is a fungal genus of both significant agricultural and scientific importance, as it contains multiple plant pathogens and provides an interesting case study for the mechanisms of host gene...

Advancing the taxonomy of Sclerotinia (Helotiales, Sclerotiniaceae): a review and recommendations for an important plant-pathogenic genus

#Sclerotinia
#Helotiales
#Sclerotiniaceae
#Phylogenetics
#Systematics

preprints.arphahub.com/article/176231

Big reveal today! After uncovering the #sclerotinia in canola trial at @curtinuniversity.bsky.social for the first time in a week, we see exceptionally good and seemingly consistent infections! @theccdm.bsky.social @tobyenewman.bsky.social

Saving the field trial version 2.0. First a severe storm, now an early heatwave. Not only are the plants not overheating under the covers, evaporative cooling seems to be keeping it a few degrees cooler than outside. So far, some nice #sclerotinia lesions under there, which is what we like to see!

Been on a journey recently. Chasing consistent #sclerotinia across 660 randomised canola plants in a field plot led to temporary hoop-houses for uniform misting. Worked for two days then damaged by the storm. Managed to improvise a fix better than the original. Very grateful for my wonderful team.

AgGronomyTV: Fungicide timing for scelerotinia in canola - AgCanada Sclerotinia in canola can be a serious yield robber if not quickly identified and protective measures aren’t taken. Here, Chris Manchur with the Canola Council of Canada talks about how to spot sclero...

AGGronomyTV: Canola fungicide timing for sclerotinia
#agronomy #Canola #Sclerotinia #PlantHealth #agsky #CropManagement #FungalDiseases
Sclerotinia = serious yield robber. Chris Manchur (Canola Council) on how to spot sclerotinia in canola & when to apply a fungicide
app.agcanada.com/videos/aggro...

🌿 Happy to share the latest paper published today from my postdoc at Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada!

🦠 Specific #lipopeptides produced by a #Pseudomonas strain inhibit the plant pathogen #Sclerotinia sclerotiorum for effective #biocontrol

doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

#peptin #mycin #brabantamides

Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi Nuclei define eukaryotes, enabling macromolecular compartmentalization and cellular regulation. Each nucleus is believed to contain one or more haploid sets of chromosomes (1N). However, we discovered...

Distribution of haploid chromosomes into separate nuclei in two pathogenic fungi | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #Sclerotinia and #Botrytis are full of surprises! 🤩

Extended deadlines to submit an abstract !
botryscleromoni.com
#Botrytis #Sclerotinia #Monilia
See you in Greece 🇬🇷

[#PhD] 👩‍🎓Congrats to Shantala Mounichetty who has succesfully defend his PhD today on SsCreA, regulator of the Carbon catabolite repression pathway crucial for #Sclerotinia sclerotiorum virulence on plant Arabidopsis thaliana!!
@IFudal @JPGalaud #SylvainRaffaelle @MaelBaudin #LGodiard @NPoussereau

Maybe #Dumontinia tuberosa (anemone cup) parasitic of #Anemone nemorosa in the middle of a bed of wood anemones, here presented with a sclerotium. #Sclerotinia ficariae cannot be excluded as some #Ficaria verna plants were also very close to the apothecia (Cléry-en-Vexin, FR).

There is a need to characterize pathogen sub-specific variations, e.g. by using #Sclerotinia differential sets, by M Barbetti @INRA_Bioger

There is a need to characterize pathogen sub-specific variations, e.g. by using #Sclerotinia differential sets, by M Barbetti @INRA_Bioger

Scientific seminar @INRA_Bioger by Martin Barbetti: "Successful management of #Sclerotinia in Brassicas is possible