Soybean Cyst Nematode - Scouting

First, determine your purpose for scouting for SCN.

This will help determine your best strategy: whether to check soybean roots, or to collect a soil sample — and when and how to collect the sample.

Are you scouting...

  • to check  if SCN is present in a field before planting next year's soybean crop? Collect a soil sample»
  • to determine if your SCN management program has been successful in keeping SCN population densities in check? Collect a soil sample»
  • to determine if SCN was responsible for poor soybean yields? Collect a soil sample»
  • to look for SCN in stunted or yellow soybeans observed in mid-season, OR
    in fields that are apparantly healthy, but have not yet been checked for SCN? Examine soybean roots»

 
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