2010
Economic consequences of using insecticidal seed treatments on soybeans
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Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Biotic stressCrop protectionField management Pest
Lead Principal Investigator:
Tim Reed, Auburn University
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Brief Project Summary:

Entomologists have been testing soybean seed treatments for the past four years in the Mid-South. A total of about 100 studies have been conducted in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennessee. These studies indicated CruiserMaxx and Gaucho seed treatments had about a 70-85% probability of an economic return at present soybean prices. It would appear that insecticide seed treatments helped control small leaf feeding beetles, thrips, three-cornered alfalfa hopper and white grubs. In some tests there was a yield increase without observable insects.

In preliminary replicated studies conducted at three experiment stations in 2008, insecticide-treated soybean seed plus fungicide...

Unique Keywords:
#insects and pests, #soybean fungicide studies, #soybean insect - management, #soybean seed treatments
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