This project will continue the effort to determine the management and environmental limitations to yield, protein and oil accumulation in Minnesota soybeans, so that management and breeding strategies can be developed to overcome the limitations. This effort will include modeling interplant distance affects on soybean branching and pod height; as well as, evaluate interacting environmental factors, such as, temperature, soil moisture, residue type and quantity, to determine whether existing seeding rate recommendations are sufficient to reduce harvest loss due to podding height. A second objective includes evaluating soybeans across geographies and maturity groups to determine the effects...
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#production management studies, #seed composition, #soybean composition, #soybean modeling