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SCN Resources

SCN fact sheet
SCN Management Guide
5th Edition
Manage SCN for Better Yields - Iowa Soybean Association 2011 Understanding how Management Actions Influence SCN Populations - NCSRP Fact Sheet

 

State SCN recommendations and and Extension publications SCN variety trial reports
Illinois

Soybean Varieties with SCN Resistance (pdf)

SCN --Tthe Invisible Threat. Two-page color brochure on testing, management and variety selection using VIPS

Varietal Information Program for Illinois (VIPS)
List of SCN-resistant soybean varieties available to Illinois growers in maturity groups 0 through 8

Indiana

Soybean Cyst Nematode - online fact sheet

Winter Annual Weeds and Soybean Cyst Nematode Management WS-36

Results of field evaluation of SCN-resistant soybean varieties in SCN-infested fields (updated annually)

List of SCN-resistant soybean varieties available to Iowa growers in maturity groups 0, 1, 2, and 3 (pdf)

Iowa

Manage SCN for Better Yields - Iowa Soybean Association 2011

Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Field Guide (Publication CSI-12) Order from ISU Extension at 515-294-5247.

Soybean Cyst Nematode - describes the biology and management of SCN, with full-color photographs.

Scouting for SCN
(pdf)

Interpreting SCN Soil Testing Results (pdf)

SCN Research and Extension - Tylka Lab

Soybean Cyst Nematode-Resistant Varieties for Iowa (updated annually, pdf)

SCN Field Guide
Kansas Soybean Cyst Nematode (pdf)  

Michigan

Selecting Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistant Varieties (pdf)

Michigan Variety Trials -searchable database includes SCN resistance criteria

Minnesota

The Soybean Cyst Nematode (pdf)

Minnesota Soybean Variety Trials —- includes performance of soybean varieties in SCN- infested and non-infested fields.

Missouri

Soybean Cyst Nematode: Diagnosis and Management  

Nebraska

Soybean Cyst Nematode website

Soybean Cyst Nematode: Identification and Management (pdf fact sheet)

Soybean Cyst Nematode Variety Trials

North Dakota

SCN Recommendations for North Dakota

 

Ohio

Best SCN Management Strategies for Ohio Soybean Producers - C.O.R.N. Newsletter 2010-41

Soybean Cyst Nematode
in Ohio website

 

South Dakota

Soybean cyst nematode in South Dakota

 

Wisconsin

 

Wisconsin Soybean Evaluation Program. University of Wisconsin Extension. One trial is conducted at East Troy, WI in a SCN infected field. Spring and fall SCN egg counts are reported.

Ontario, Canada

List of SCN-resistant soybean varieties and performance in SCN- infested fields in Ontario, Canada.
Variety Information and Performance Profile


Recent Publications

Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Reconsidered (pdf)
Terry Niblack, Plant Disease 89: 1020-1026.

Role of winter annual weeds as alternative hosts for soybean cyst nematode. Johnson, W. G., Creech, J. E., and Mock, V. A. 2008. Crop Management 10:1094 (pdf)

Effect of soybean cyst nematode on growth of dry bean in the field. Poromarto, S. H., Nelson, B. D., and Goswami, R. S. 2010. Plant Disease 94:1299-1304.

Reproduction of soybean cyst nematode on dry bean cultivars adapted to North Dakota and northern Minnesota. Poromarto, S. H., and Nelson, B. D. 2009. Plant Disease. 93:507-511.

Soybean Cyst Nematode Reduces Soybean Yield Without Causing Obvious Aboveground Symptoms (pdf)
Plant Disease 87: 623-628.

Heterodera glycines Infection Increases Incidence and Severity of Brown Stem Rot in Both Resistant and Susceptible Soybean. (pdf) Plant Disease 87: 665 - 661.

Soil pH Influences Soybean Disease Potential (pdf)
The Yields II Project: Research-Based Management Information