2025
Soybean Stem Pests: Survey, Impact and Education - Diseases
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Illinois Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
(none assigned)
Parent Project:
Soybean Stem Pests: Survey, Impact and Education
Lead Principal Investigator:
Jason Bond, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Illinois Soybean Association
$57,024
Leveraged Funding (Non-Checkoff):
Institution Funded:
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
$57,024
Brief Project Summary:
This submission is to solicit funding for the last year of an ongoing project to conduct a survey of important stem diseases and insect pests affecting soybean in Illinois, identify these pests and pathogens, and assess adopted management practices to reduce their impact on yield. The proposal is in collaboration with Dr. Nick Seiter and Kelly Estes from UIUC, who will address insect pests.
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Project Summary

This submission is to solicit funding for the last year of an ongoing project to conduct a survey of important stem diseases and insect pests affecting soybean in Illinois, identify these pests and pathogens, and assess adopted management practices to reduce their impact on yield. The proposal is in collaboration with Dr. Nick Seiter and Kelly Estes from UIUC, who will address insect pests.

Project Objectives

Assessing the incidence and severity of diseases and insect pests and identifying the causing organisms are essential to develop and deploy tools to manage those diseases. Our objectives in this proposal are to:
1. Collect infected plant material from production fields across Illinois.
2. Identify the main pathogen and insect species.

Project Deliverables

1. Monitor the incidence and spread of red crown rot in Illinois. This will help elucidate the importance of this pathogen in Illinois and whether this disease is expanding in the state.
2. The research will provide crucial insights into the fungal species causing stem canker in Illinois. This knowledge will be instrumental in disease management, enabling the use of appropriate management tools and the development and deployment of effective sources of resistance to the pathogen.
3. The research will culminate in the creation of a comprehensive collection of pathogens associated with stem diseases. Such collections are a treasure trove for researchers, facilitating in-depth studies on the biology of these pathogens and enabling the assessment of host resistance under controlled conditions.
4. Determine if these pathogens are transmitted through seeds.
The information generated from the proposed research will be crucial to directing and prioritizing future research on the management of the most destructive soybean stem-disease-causing pathogens in Illinois.

Progress Of Work

Final Project Results

Benefit To Soybean Farmers

The proposed research will improve our understanding of the perceived and actual impact of stem diseases and insect pests on soybean production in IL. It will also help identify new and emerging pathogens and insect pests that could affect soybean production in the state.

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.