Are There Biological-Based Products That Can Promote Plant Growth While Also Protecting Against RCR When Soybeans Are Planted Later To Avoid Heavy Pathogen Incidence?
Assessing Current Biological-Based Seed Coating Strategies for IL Soybean Farmers and Investigating Potential for Biologicals Against Red Crown Rot
The team will gather information from farmers and industry about current biological-based products applied to soybean seed, as well as practices used to manage red crown rot (RCR). Based on these insights, the team will develop specific research trials to identify more effective RCR management recommendations.
WHY THIS RESEARCH IS IMPORTANT
- RCR is becoming a more regular threat to the Illinois soybean crop, and its threat is amplified by how long the pathogen can survive in the soil and on infected plant debris.
- Yield loss up to 50 percent has been reported outside Illinois. Research in Louisiana has found delayed planting of 3-6 weeks can reduce disease severity, but in Illinois that length of delay also reduces biomass and pod production.
HOW THIS RESEARCH BENEFITS THE FARMER
- Understanding which plant growth promotion (PGP) products can help delayed plantings catch up to earlier plantings will give farmers a new option to keep RCR from limiting soybean yield.
- In addition, farmers will be equipped with information about which biological and synthetic seed treatments are effective at suppressing RCR.
RESEARCH TEAM
- Dr. Boris X. Camiletti, Assistant Professor, UIUC
- Jeannie Klein-Gordon, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, USDA
TRIAL LOCATIONS
- Urbana
About the Lead Researchers
Dr. Boris X. Camiletti
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
217-333-2905
bxc@illinois.edu
ARE YOU A FARMER OR ADVISOR?
If you’re a farmer or advisor, we invite you to take our Soybean Production Concerns Survey linked below to help guide future ISA research efforts. We also encourage you to contact us below with specific production challenge research ideas.
ARE YOU A RESEARCHER?
If you’re a researcher interested in working with ISA on a project, we encourage you to contact us with your ideas. The RFP will open in early March. Contact us below to be added to the mailing list for more information.
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