Plant Health Initiative

About the NCSRP Plant Health Initiative

The North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP) was established in 1992 by state checkoff organizations in the North Central states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

The mission of the NCSRP is to maximize producer returns by coordinating research efforts across state boundaries, minimizing regional duplication of research expenditures, and assuring regional research projects are targeted at problems of the North Central soybean producer. Our intention is to facilitate a true partnership among growers, university, media, and industry in soybean research and information

Our goal for the Plant Health Initiative program is to provide a portal for soybean growers to current, unbiased, research-based information on soybean pests and diseases from all twelve land-grant universities in the North Central region.

The NCSRP- PHI program objectives are

• to coordinate research efforts by University soybean workers,
• to compile a common information base on soybean plant health,
• to make current, research-based information from 12 midwestern land-grant universities readily available to producers, and
• to increase grower awareness of checkoff-funded research.

At this website you’ll find

• Links to the online resources of land-grant university soybean research and Extension programs in the region.
• Current, unbiased information on soybean pest and disease management and control strategies, from aphids and Asian rust to SCN and sudden death syndrome.
• The latest research and recommendations on biological control, including the natural enemies that help control soybean aphid.
• Free publications detailing the latest research from NCSRP-funded scientists throughout the 12-state region.

NCSRP 2013 Board of Directors