U.S. soybean farmers face a $1 billion problem each year in the form of yield losses from soybean cyst nematode (SCN). 1 Yet rather than throw up your hands in defeat, get down in the soil and get ...
October is known as soybean cyst nematode action month because this is the best time to get out and soil sample for SCN. The end of a soybean season is when SCN levels will be at their highest in the ...
"Really affects the uptake." Researchers find shocking new use for soybeans that could affect entire planet: 'It doesn't see ...
Soybean cyst nematodes are quite small and require the help of a microscope to see them poking out of the roots of a soybean plant in a lab at Iowa State University. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital ...
Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 60, No. 1 (2009), pp. 315-324 (10 pages) Cyst nematodes are highly evolved sedentary plant endoparasites that use parasitism proteins injected through the stylet ...
The soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) is the most significant nematode pest affecting soybeans on Delmarva and in the United States. First detected in Delaware in the fall of 1979, the ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The soybean farmer's biggest enemy – a tiny parasitic worm known as the soybean cyst nematode – will soon not be a worry, thanks to Purdue University scientists and Midwestern ...
October is SCN Action Month, and for the fifth year in a row, BASF Agricultural Solutions has partnered with The SCN Coalition to raise awareness about the threat of soybean cyst nematode to your ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Identification of soils that inhibit a tiny soybean-destroying organism is an important tool in reducing yield losses, according to a Purdue University plant pathologist.
Northarvest Bean Growers Association is funding test kits for dry edible bean growers to test the soil for soybean cyst nematodes, which can severely impact yields in soybeans and dry beans. The ...
NORTH MANKATO, Minn. — If your soybean yields didn’t meet your expectations, soybean cyst nematode may be to blame. "Every field has problems," said Greg Tylka, a professor in the Plant Pathology ...
The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, isn't like most of its wormy relatives. Whereas the vast majority of nematodes look like the microscopic worms they are, the female ...