This study aimed to evaluate the pathogenicity and aggressiveness of three races of C. sojina to the soybean cultivars Bragg and BMX Magna. A conidial suspension was prepared in the concentration of 40 x 10³ conidia mL-1 for plant inoculation. Fifteen days after inoculation with the fungus, no statistical difference was found among cultivars for severity and number of lesions per leaflet for race 23. Races 24 and 25 caused the highest infection in cv. BMX Magna , significantly different from cultivar Bragg. Alpha Lesion diameter for race 23 was larger in cv. Bragg and for race 24 was larger in cv. Magna BMX, but for race 25 there was no statistical difference between the cultivars. Therefore, the races of C. sojina are pathogenic to the two soybean cultivars and there is difference in aggressiveness among them, with the races 24 and 25 being more aggressive than race 23.
frogeye leaf spot; Koch's postulates; severity
