Understanding Plant Hormones in Soybeans
As agronomists or producers, it’s our responsibility to understand how to properly manage a soybean crop for a given field’s conditions each season. Our [...]
Why Does Disease Management Matter?
I’m sure several people have seen ground applicators, planes and helicopters spraying fungicides on corn and soybean fields across Illinois. Usually the next few [...]
Stem Canker Management
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. Stem Canker is a disease of soybean in [...]
Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. Phytophthora sojae is one of the most destructive [...]
WEBINAR: Why Plant Health is More than Just Disease
1 CEU in Crop Management
2020 Fungicide Considerations
The 2020 season has developed into a very challenging year—and that was before the planting and replanting issues. Earlier this season national and international [...]
Frogeye Leaf Spot Management
This article was originally published on the Soybean Research & Information Network, a checkoff funded website. Frogeye Leaf Spot (FLS) is the most important [...]
Illinois Department of Agriculture Dicamba Guidance
On June 9 the Illinois Department of Agriculture issued specific guidelines for Illinois for the use of existing stock of dicamba. This follows a [...]
Identifying SDS and What Management Practices Pay
Sudden death syndrome (SDS) is a soilborne fungal disease that historically has ranked within the top five most damaging diseases affecting soybeans in the [...]
The Agronomics of SDS
Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) is caused by the fungus, Fusarium virguliforme. Favorable conditions for SDS infection and symptom development can be divided into two [...]