Disease Management: Research: Climate Change Fosters Charcoal Rot
With over 100 diseases that can attack soybean crops, why would charcoal rot rise to the top of the most wanted list? University of [...]
Disease Management: Conditions are Right for Sudden Death Syndrome
Be on the watch for Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS) this season. Conditions have been right so far for an outbreak. SDS is a serious [...]
Diagnostics: Soybean Scouting in July: Disease and Insects
While June is the time to scout for weeds and perhaps a few pests, July is the time to scout for diseases and insects. [...]
Disease Management: On-Target Weed Control: Four Tips to Manage Spray Drift
With the increased prevalence of herbicide-resistant weeds, it’s important for farmers to diversify their weed-management plans to incorporate more modes and sites of action. [...]
Disease Management: Weather favors development of soybean diseases
Conditions are favorable for a yield-robbing fungus to plague soybean fields in the Midwest. Soybean specialists urge farmers be on the lookout for white [...]
Disease Management: Scout for root and stem rots in soybeans
The number of soybean plants per acre is one of the early determinants of soybean yield. Now would be a good time to assess [...]
Insects: Spring Soil Sampling for Soybean Cyst Nematodes
This article originally appeared in University of Missouri’s Integrated Pest & Crop Management Newsletter and has been reposted with permission. Information on where to submit Missouri [...]
Weeds: Time to Take Action on Weeds
Weed control isn’t as easy as it used to be. With the influx of genetic traits, trait stacking and multiple modes of action—not to [...]