2012
Impact of selected establishment factors and foliar fungicide on soybean production
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Contributor/Checkoff:
North Dakota Soybean Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Greg Endres, North Dakota State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Paul Hendrickson, North Dakota State University
Hans Kandel, North Dakota State University
Michael Wunsch, North Dakota State University
Blaine Schatz, North Dakota State University, Carrington Research Extension Center
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Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
North Dakota Soybean Council
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
North Dakota State University
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

The goal of this project is to determine if early planting in combination with tillage systems and fertilizer placement will improve soybean yield. The study will also test a 'plant health' foliar fungicide to determine if this is an input for consistent and economic yield response in a typical low fungal-leaf spot disease environment and provide (or confirm) research-based recommendations.

The research project will also examine the following individual factors and combinations that may economically increase soybean seed yield and quality:

~ Conventional till and direct-seeded (no-till) systems.

~ Early (last 10 days of April) and normal (first one-half of May) planting...

Unique Keywords:
#soybean diseases
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Experimental lines will be selected for suitable maturity, high yield, lodging resistance, disease and SCN resistance as well as tolerance to iron-deficiency chlorosis. It is too soon in the breeding process to have a new RR variety. The plan is to have a new RR variety by 2017.

Final Project Results

The benefit to the North Dakota soybean industry would be that growers can save input costs because they could save their own RR seed for replanting the following year. Presently, farmers must purchase new seed each year. When the patent is no longer viable for the Roundup Ready One technology, growers should be able to save their own seed and plant it without fines or penalty.

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.