About the NCSRP Plant Health Initiative

The North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP) was established in 1993 by state checkoff organizations in the North Central states. The Program's mission 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. The Plant Health Initiative was founded by the North Central Soybean Research Program as an educational resource for soybean producers and a coordination resource for soybean workers.

Our goal for the PHI program is to provide soybean growers, universities, and industry with a database of the most current research-based information available on diseases and pests of soybean in the North Central region along with management solutions.

1. to coordinate research efforts by key industry and University soybean workers,
2. to develop a common information base on soybean plant health,
3. to make current, research-based information readily available to producers via fact sheets and web pages, and
4. to increase grower awareness of checkoff-funded research.

Our intention is to facilitate a true partnership among industry, university, media and growers in soybean research and information transfer.

NCSRP Administrative Advisors

David Wright, Coordinator, North Central Soybean Research Program

Keith Smith, Advisor, North Central Soybean Research Program

Julie Meyer, PHI website editor

Information on these pages is from the cooperative effort of researchers throughout the North Central states. Information from this site can be copied and distributed for educational use. Please credit the source with our name and URL: NCSRP Plant Health Initiative at www.planthealth.info. Please do not use copyrighted photos without permission.