2020
Georgia Soybean Rust and Fungal Disease Sentinel Plot Monitoring Program
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Soybeans
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
Georgia Soybean Rust and Fungal Disease Sentinel Plot Monitoring Program
Lead Principal Investigator:
Robert Kemerait, University of Georgia
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Soybeans
$30,000
Institution Funded:
University of Georgia
$30,000
Brief Project Summary:

Sentinel plot monitoring alerts southeastern soybean farmers to the appearance of Asian soybean rust and provides information to help them make treatment decisions. Fungicides applied based on early warnings may protect soybean yields by 25 bu/A or more, but they aren’t necessary every year. The sentinel plots include patches of kudzu, an overwintering host for ASR. Soybean plots containing varieties of three different maturity groups are planted early at Georgia’s experiment stations as sentinel plots. All plots are monitored weekly from April through September. Soybean farmers in Georgia and neighboring states benefit from knowing when ASR is moving their direction.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, Extension agents

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

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.