The overall research mission is to identify potential yield limitations via soil and plant analysis and prevent soybean yield losses attributed to insufficient or toxic mineral nutrition. To do this, efforts evaluate the benefit of foliar-applied solutions that claim to enhance soybean yield, continue to evaluate phosphorus and potassium fertilization strategies, soil test methods and plant analysis that aid in identifying deficient soils and/or maximize yield potential and economic returns, and develop a leaf tissue chloride concentration that can be used to diagnose chloride toxicity.
Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents