The Variety Disease and Pest Evaluations (VIPS) program for 2011 includes four projects involved with screening soybean varieties in the annual Illinois Variety Trials for resistance to sudden death syndrome, Sclerotinia stem rot (white mold), Phytophthora root rot, Soybean mosaic virus, root knot nematode, soybean aphid resistance, and SCN resistance. Where possible, field observations for reaction to green stem disorder and sudden death syndrome will also be recorded.
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