Which Preemergence Herbicides Are More Likely To Cause Crop Injury When Soybeans Are Planted Early?
Planting soybeans early often means cold, wet soil conditions that can delay seed germination and prolong plant emergence. These conditions can reduce the plant’s [...]
Measuring Soil Health, Water Quality, and Climate Impact on Illinois Soybeans
This project is collecting soil health, water quality and climate footprint metrics across the state’s growing regions and cropping systems (soy-corn, double-crop wheat-soy with [...]
Measuring How Insect Pests Impact Yields and the Value of Pest Control Products
This multi-year project aims to identify insect pests responsible for reducing soybean yield and grain quality and which control mechanisms, including seed treatment and [...]
Enhancing the Profitability of Wheat-Soybean Double Cropping
Double cropping soybeans after winter wheat is an attractive approach to enhancing profitability in Midwest crop rotations and improving soil health. This project is [...]
What Is the Ideal Planting Window To Establish Cover Crops and Obtain Optimum Crop Growth and Yield of Rotational Crops?
This project is comparing 1) different cereal rye seeding dates and rates before soybean, and 2) different planting dates of two clover species after [...]
Integrated Management Strategies for Maximizing Soybean Production in Conservation Tillage Systems
To help more farmers feel confident implementing conservation tillage systems, this project is investigating the interactions across soil types, starter fertilizer, tillage systems and [...]
How this research benefits the farmer
Understanding the presence of Group 15-resistant waterhemp will give farmers, their advisors and Extension the ability to refine integrated weed management recommendations to help [...]
Why this research is important
Waterhemp populations in Illinois have evolved resistance to herbicides from more site-of-action-groups than any other weed species. The confirmation of resistance to Group 15 [...]
Trial locations
Waterhemp seeds will be collected from at least 100 locations across the state
Questions this project will address
How widespread is Group 15 herbicide resistance in waterhemp populations across Illinois? What level of resistance is present in Group 15-resistant waterhemp populations? [...]
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