2017
Improving white mold management with variable rate planting and foliar applications in soybean
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Michigan Soybean Committee
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Crop protectionDiseaseField management
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Missy Bauer, B&M Crop Consulting
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
1725
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Michigan Soybean Committee
$14,800
Institution Funded:
B&M Crop Consulting
$14,800
Brief Project Summary:

W hite Mold is a significant problem for soybean growers in Michigan. Major yield reductions can occur when the environmental conditions are favorable under susceptible management practices. Since white mold pressure is depended on the environment pressure varies from year to year, however there is little warning ahead of time if infections will occur.
Therefore the majority of management must come through a preventative approach. According to the North Central Soybean Research Program integrating several management tactics that include cultural practices, varietal resistance and chemical and biological control can be part of an effective white mold management plan. Plant population is...

Unique Keywords:
#soybean diseases
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Several plant measurements will be taken to help evaluate the white mold management systems.
Data Collection
1. Stand counts
A. By treatment by three major management zones
B. By management zone for VRA
2. Humidity sensors
A. Days during flowering
B. Days after canopy closure
C. Treatments 1 & 2, Two major management zones
D. One replication
3. White Mold incidence
A. Percent of plants with white mold at harvest
B. 50 plants per zone
C. By treatment
D. By two or three major management zones
4. Node Analysis
A. Number of nodes per plant
B. Number of nodes with pods per plant
C. 1st nodes with pods (from bottom)
D. By treatment
E. By two or three major management zones
5. Pod & seed counts
A. Number of pods per plant
B. Number of seeds per plant
C. By treatment
D. By two or three major management zones
6. Seed size
A. By treatment
7. Yield analysis
A. By management zones
8. Thermal Aerial Imagery
A. Imagery at least three times during the growing season

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.