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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Register Now for the 2010 Soybean Rust Short Course
August 26 - 27 in Quincy, Florida.
This popular course provides agricultural specialists and consultants an opportunity for hands-on identification of rust as it appears in the field. Registration is free, but advance registration is required. For agenda and registration, click here»
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»
Scouting Soybean Rust video
with Carrie Harmon, University of Florida. View video on YouTube»
Explore soybean checkoff with the new Soybean Checkoff Research Database
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Search and explore the entire soybean checkoff research program on a new website funded by the United Soybean Board. Search for projects of interest by Key Word, by Researcher, or by Checkoff fund (including NCSRP).
SDS: Finding solutions for farmers Update for 2010
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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)»
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)»