2019
Monitoring and Managment of Soybean Insect Pests
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Ohio Soybean Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Biotic stressCrop protectionField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Kelley Tilmon, The Ohio State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
19-R-04
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Ohio Soybean Council
$58,000
Institution Funded:
The Ohio State University
$58,000
Brief Project Summary:

This project monitors for kudzu bugs in Ohio. Early detection allows for alerts and focused management education. It also researches the potential use of pheromone-baited sticky cards as a monitoring tool for stink bugs in soybean. A factsheet on the diverse pollinator species found in Ohio soybeans uses data from previous research finding four dozen different pollinator species in Ohio soybeans, demonstrating that soybean farming contributes to environmental stewardship. The project also aims to determine a baseline susceptibility to insecticides of Ohio populations of bean leaf beetle and soybean aphid, as insecticide resistance has developed in other regions.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Q1 (October-December)
• Analyze data on stink bugs monitoring using sticky cards from the OSC FY18 project to prepare for FY19 field work on this objective
• Outline extension factsheet on pollinators in Ohio soybeans
• Test soybean aphids collected in the summer of 2018 for susceptibility to thiamethoxam
Q2 (January-March)
• Coordinate with kudzu bug trapping network collaborators to prepare for 2019 monitoring season, order and ship supplies
• Write research protocols for Summer 2019 experiments on stink bug scouting tools
• Write text for pollinator factsheet
• Analyze data, prepare preliminary assessment on insecticide susceptibility
Q3 (April-June)
• Select sites and commence kudzu bug monitoring program
• Plant plots for stink bug scouting experiment
• Identify insecticide collection locations in 2019 season, collect bean leaf beetles and soybean aphid
Q4 (July-September)
• Continue kudzu bug monitoring
• Conduct stink bug scouting experiment
• Finalize and print pollinator factsheet
• Test 2019 samples for susceptibility to thiamethoxam
Winter 2019/2020
• Analyze and disseminate results

Final Project Results

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.