PODCAST: Fungicide Timing and Use in Production
Managing soybean diseases starts with knowing what to look for locally. In this latest podcast, Beck’s Hybrids agronomist Chad Kalaher talks about soybean diseases [...]
Controlling White Mold
May was a wet month with frequent rains and very little drying and June is shaping up to be fairly similar. Of course, all [...]
Spring Weather Caused Havoc on Soybeans, But All is Not Lost
Sporadic emergence of soybeans this spring could cause headaches for farmers all season long. What exactly happened to emergence this season? To answer this [...]
Has the Cool, Wet Weather This Spring Affected Soybean Nodulation?
It takes 4 to 5 pounds of nitrogen to produce a bushel of soybeans. For example, a 70 bushel-per-acre soybean crop requires about 300 [...]
Sudden Death Syndrome Could Strike Early-Planted Soybeans
Article originally posted on Syngenta's Know More, Grow More agronomy blog. (SDS) is one of the most destructive soybean diseases, affecting the majority of soybean-growing areas. SDS [...]
Time to think about Brown Spot control
Septoria brown spot (SBS) is the second biggest disease threat to soybean yield after soybean cyst nematode. Since SBS can potentially reduce soybean yield [...]
Effect of Planting Date, Seed Treatment, and Cultivar on Sudden Death Syndrome of Soybean
Article originally posted on Soybean Research & Information Initiative. Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium virguliforme. In North America, [...]
Fungicide Resistance Happens
Frogeye leaf spot fungicide resistance exists in soybeans, but not in a distant cousin, gray leaf spot in corn. We have learned the hard [...]
Seed treatments for watermolds and fungi that affect soybean in Ohio
This article originally appeared in the C.O.R.N. Newsletter. The original article can be found here. There are some new fungicide seed treatments and an [...]
Got a Hanker to Learn about Soybean Stem Canker?
Symptoms of charcoal rot can be mistaken for symptoms of Diaporthe fungi which cause stem canker and pod and stem blight. The Crop Protection [...]
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