A fungal disease called Red Crown Rot has been found in Indiana’s soybean fields-and one of the nation’s leading crop pathologists wants farmers to know about it. “Red Crown Rot is caused by a soil-borne fungus. As the name suggests, it affects the roots in the crown of the soybean,” according to Dr. Darcy Telenko, Associate Professor and Field Crop Pathologist in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University.