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Check soybean roots now for SCN females
Carefully observing soybean roots for SCN females is a good way to to assess how well SCN-resistant soybean varieties are controlling nematode reproduction in fields known to be infested with SCN. It is also a good way to check apparantly healthy fields for infestations not yet discovered. There should only be a few females on roots of an effective SCN-resistant variety...read more» SDS: Finding solutions for farmers Update for 2010
NCSRP has put together a new 12-page report on SDS, packed with current research-based information about this complex disease and how to manage it.
Order your free print copy by calling 1-800-383-1423 (orders for mailing within the U.S. only, please), or read online (pdf)»
Aphid treatments may flare spider mites
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How you manage aphids may increase the number of two-spotted spider mites that attack your soybeans. According to Dr. David Ragsdale, entomologist at the University of Minnesota, pyrethroid insecticides commonly used to control soybean aphids do not control spider mites and the organophosphates that control spider mites do not control eggs, which often makes two applications necessary. The use of these insecticides can remove predatory insects that naturally control spider mites, which can make things even worse...read more»
The popular Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Guide, originally published by the SCN Coalition, has been updated and reissued by NCSRP...download the SCN guide (1.6 MB pdf)»