Pathogenicity and diversity of Botrytis spp. – important causal agents of legume diseases Project leader Biruta Bankina Team of project Gunita Bimšteine Jānis Kaņeps Duration 2020 - 2022 Research focus 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change Source of funding National research programs Project partners BMC Description of project The aim of research The aim of the investigation is to identify the causal agents of chocolate spot of faba beans and to increase knowledge about the diversity and pathogenicity of Botrytis spp. as the causal agents of legume diseases with the emphasis on faba bean. The tasks of project: Collection of different legume samples with visible symptoms of diseases (different hosts and different parts of plants)Morphological description of isolates, and establishment of a collection of Botrytis spp isolatesIdentification of the Botrytis species through the employment of molecular genetic analyses, and evaluation of their diversity between and within the species 4) Research on the pathogenicity of different Botrytis Species to various legumes Results Brauna-Morževska E., Stoddard F.L., Bankina B., Kaņeps J., Bimšteine G., Petrova I., Neusa-Luca I., Roga A., Fridmanis D. (2023) Evaluation of pathogenicity of Botrytis species isolated from different legumes. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. 14,1069126; Bankina B., Stoddard F.L., Kaņeps J., Brauna-Morževska E., Bimšteine G., Neusa-Luca I., Roga A., Fridmanis D. (2021) Botrytis four species associated with chocolate spot disease of faba bean in Latvia. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 18(4): 297–302;Bankina B. Bimšteine G., Kaņeps J., Plūduma-Pauniņa I., Gaile Z., Paura L., Stoddard F.L. (2021) Discrimination of leaf diseases affecting faba bean (Vicia faba). Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, section B – Soil & Plant Science. 71(5): 399–407. Z. Gaile, B. Bankina , (2019), Variety, seeding rate and disease control affect faba bean yield components, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X B. Bankina, L. Zemeca , (2019), Possibilities for the biological control of yellow rust (Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici) in winter wheat in Latvia in 2017–2018, Agronomy Research, ISSN 1406-894X Test result
