Each year of the project will have a similar milestone, with collections beginning in mid-July and ending in late August. Within seven days of the last collection, all larval counts on samples would be completed. This portion of the project would allow for the development and release of maps with areas of significant pressure to be used by extension, industry, and farmers. During the winter, sequencing of samples would provide continued detailed information on the proper identification of soybean gall midge. Information at each site on the frequency of soybean, weather, and other parameters would be added to determine what potential factors contribute to field injury from soybean gall midge.
Resulting data from this project would be presented at a number of Nebraska outreach extension efforts such as Soybean Management Field Days (approx. 400 attendees), Nebraska Crop Management Conference (approx. 300 attendees), Midwest Crop Production Clinic (50 attendees), Crop Production Clinics (1,400 attendees), and Nebraska Soybean Expo (300 attendees). Updates on research progress would be presented through Blackboard Connect Alert System, soybeangallmidge.org, Twitter, Market Journal interviews, and UNL Cropwatch articles. We would expect that at least one peer-reviewed publications will result from this work.