Siahpoush, S., & Dehghani, A. (2024). The effect of environmental stresses on the epidemic of charcoal rot disease in legumes. Plant Pathology Science, 13(1),113-124
Charcoal rot caused by soil-borne fungus Macrophomina phaseolina is one of the most important fungal diseases of legumes that is prevalent in conditions where plants are under stress. Climate change during the last few decades has made the environmental conditions difficult for the optimal cultivation and production of legumes. Drought stress is the most important abiotic stress in legumes production. The predisposition of plants to being infected with drought-friendly pathogens is one of the grounds for the occurrence and spread of diseases such as charcoal rot. Considering that the cultivation and production of legumes in alkaline and calcareous lands in Iran is very widespread and plants are exposed to various environmental stresses, especially drought during the growing season, the importance of this disease, its damage, host range and biology of the pathogen, epidemic suitable conditions, and a summary of researches results on the disease in Iran are described in this article .
