2022
The Technology, Including Traits and Inputs, Needed to Produce a Modern Soybean Crop
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Kansas Soybean Commission
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
DiseaseField management Pest
Parent Project:
The Technology, Including Traits and Inputs, Needed to Produce a Modern Soybean Crop
Lead Principal Investigator:
Jim Long, FAM Enterprises, Inc.
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Kansas Soybean Commission
$20,000
Institution Funded:
FAM Enterprises, Inc.
$20,000
Brief Project Summary:

The overall goal of this project is to provide improved management information as to the use of whole plant health, intensive farming techniques, and BMPs for soybeans. This project will then take research findings to the field in simple strip plots to adjust them to real-world situations and speed acceptance in the farm community. The objectives include evaluating the use and effect of biologicals in soybean production; developing practical integrated pest management; evaluating current scouting methods; and determining the effectiveness of various seed treatments.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension specialists

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

I expect to provide improved management information as to the use of biologicals, integrated pest management methods, scouting techniques, and seed treatment use on soybean in Kansas. Recent research has identified several areas of need as to management of insect and disease in intensive management of soybean, the economics and effectiveness of using low-
We will evaluate cost effective fungicide / insecticide alternatives in a production system, and refine several areas of production that are not well understood. This project will then take research findings to the field in simple strip plots to adjust them to real world situations and speed acceptance in the farm community

Final Project Results

Update:
Ending Report for Kansas Soybean Commission. April 15, 2023
The Technology, Including Traits and Inputs Needed to Produce a Modern Soybean Crop.
James H. Long Ph.D.
Activity for the three years ending, April 15, 2023, in the project includes land preparation, fertilization, herbicide application and planting of plots. Development of methods such as in crop, disease and insect models has begun. Irrigated plots were planted the last week of April, wth adequate stands. Non-irrigated soybean were planted in late May to moisture. Both non-irrigated and Irrigated soybean were planted with a plot grain drill in 7-inch rows. Weather patterns showed both historical drought and flood during this 3 year period and we had both very poor and excellent yields. Insects began to show up in numbers in trap/sentinel crops and light traps in July with leaf feeding insects and Septoria leaf disease making first appearance at that time. Soybean pod worm eggs began to show up in a few sentinel plots, with frogeye leaf spot showing in August. In mid August, damage to soybean pods from soybean pod worm began to occur in scattered fields. By August 15, moderate damage appeared and treatment was made to all plots receiving both insecticide. Frogeye leaf spot was occurring on approximately 10 percent of leaves (bottom of canopy) with 20 percent leaf coverage. Black light traps and sentinel plots both showed increased insect activity during this time. Insecticides used included carbaryl, and Bacillus thuringiencis, while no fungicides were used, as no disease reached treatment levels in these years.


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The United Soybean Research Retention policy will display final reports with the project once completed but working files will be purged after three years. And financial information after seven years. All pertinent information is in the final report or if you want more information, please contact the project lead at your state soybean organization or principal investigator listed on the project.