Soybean Whetzelinia rot caused by Whetzelinia sclerotiorum was observed in Jinju area. The diseased soybean plants showed withering and sudden collapse under field conditions. Diseased parts exhibited numerous black, irregularly-shaped scleratia embedded in dense white cottonly mycelium on tissue and in the pith of diseased stems. A sclerotium in the moist sand produced several apothecia under laboratary condition. The primary inoculum was supposed to originate from overwintered sclerotia of soil and soybean debris.