The Plant Health Initiative is the producer communications arm of the North Central Soybean Research Program.
Funded by the Soybean Checkoff, PHI aims to help growers manage soybean from the ground up.
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SDS: Finding solutions for farmers
Update for 2010
There’s a lot going on with sudden death syndrome (SDS), now one of the top four yield-robbing diseases in soybean and spreading fast. On the positive side, scientists are breeding varieties with better resistance, and learning more about how and when SDS infects soybean plants. To help you prepare for the coming season, 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)»
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New Soybean Pest Begins Moving North
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently reported that the state's soybean farmers could contend with a new threat in the new year - the red-banded stink bug.
An entomologist at the University of Missouri Delta Research Center recently detected the bugs in three southeast Missouri soybean fields and believes they are making their way up from the Deep South...read more»
NCSRP Elects Officers
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| Jerry Wyse was honored for his service to the NCSRP Board. |
The North Central Soybean Research Program recently announced its newly elected directors at its December board meeting. Ed Cagney of Kalamazoo County, Mich., was elected president...read press release»
Fourth Annual Soybean Rust Symposium Meets in New Orleans
The effort to understand and manage soybean rust is by no means over, but the 2009 symposium marked a shift in tone for the group. We’ve gone from the fearing this disease to being confident we can manage it if it becomes a problem...read press release»
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Host Plant Resistance - a New Tool for Aphid Management
To date, at least four different genes for soybean aphid resistance have been isolated. The first gene, named Rag1, was identified by USDA scientists and tested in 5 midwestern states in 2009. Commercial varieties are expected to be on the market for the 2010 season... read more (pdf)»
Working Together Against Soybean Rust
Producers, universities, industry and government have created a practical, applied defense to stop soybean rust from marching across North America... read more»
The popular Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Guide,originally published by the SCN Coalition, was recently updated and reissued by the NCSRP...download the SCN guide (1.6 MB pdf)»