2018
Soybean Extension Group: Bringing Science to Farmers
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Contributor/Checkoff:
North Central Soybean Research Program
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management
Parent Project:
Soybean Extension Group: Bringing Science to Farmers
Lead Principal Investigator:
Daren Mueller, Iowa State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Martin Chilvers, Michigan State University
Albert Tenuta, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture-Food & Rural
Kelley Tilmon, The Ohio State University
Carl Bradley, University of Kentucky
Kiersten Wise, University of Kentucky
Loren Giesler, University of Nebraska
Shawn Conley, University of Wisconsin
Damon Smith, University of Wisconsin
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Project Code:
NCSRP
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
North Central Soybean Research Program
$50,000
Institution Funded:
Iowa State University
$50,000
Brief Project Summary:

Research is conducted by many entities, not all of which require reporting outputs to end users. The may result in a lag in information transfer that can delay its impact on soybean production. Our group bridges the gap between research and Extension, providing farmers with up-to-date information on soybean management. Formerly the North Central Disease Study Group, the group has expanded to include soybean agronomists and entomologists, with the goal of diversifying information to farmers about soybean issues. The developed model improves awareness of soybean issues and creates a template for information recognized by farmers as an output by Extension (through the Crop Protection Network) and NCSRP.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, extension crop specialists, agronomist, entomologists, plan pathologists

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Objective 1:
• Create awareness of emerging diseases and update current disease management
recommendations based on the latest research
• Create at least two publications per year on new and emerging disease issues
Objective 2:
• Update and revise the SRII website to host most current information about soybean
diseases, and insect and agronomic issues
Objective 3:
• Create at least one publication per year on an integrated soybean production issue

Final Project Results

Update:
Reporting period: 10.01.17 to 09.30.2018

Objective 1: Develop and distribute information on emerging and important soybean diseases
• Create awareness of emerging diseases and update current disease management recommendations based on the latest research
• Create at least two publications per year on new and emerging disease issues

Accomplishments toward objective during reporting period:
• Created a new Crop Protection Network webpage with updated functionality and resources at https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/. Resources include social media post compilation from multiple partners onto one resource, ability to post feature articles, an encyclopedia of information and images for 30 soybean diseases, and a library of crop protection publications. The disease encyclopedia is sortable by crop, where symptoms appear on the plant, and most likely time of appearance, allowing users to narrow down the most probable disease issue. This webpage also includes sponsor information and directs viewers towards sponsor webpage https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/sponsors/. In the first two months of being live, the new website had over 3,000 publication downloads from its library of PDF resources, with more PDF resources continually being added. During this reporting period, the new website and its predecessor website (replaced in late January 2018) had 29,598 page views, 11,307 users, and 14,178 sessions.

• We also created two slide sets highlighting research from two NCSRP projects – management of sudden death syndrome and white mold. These slide sets were sent to colleagues involved in each project and used at winter meetings.

• Information was disseminated through multiple channels to stakeholders, including field days, extension articles, in-person interactions, and electronic media and communications during the 2018 soybean growing season.

Objective 2: Continue to work with Soybean Research and Information Initiative (SRII) to improve soybean disease content on the website
• Update and revise the SRII website to host most current information about soybean diseases, and insect and agronomic issues

Accomplishments toward objective during reporting period:
• SRII was updated with the most current versions of Crop Protection Network publications on integrated soybean production.

• Two press releases were released through SRII to highlight new publications on soybean variety selection and soybean seed treatments.

Objective 3: Incorporate/develop agronomic and insect pest information into new and existing publications and the SRII website
• Create at least one publication per year on an integrated soybean production issue

Accomplishments toward objective during reporting period:
Released two publications on integrated soybean production issues in February 2018.
• Conley, S., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Giesler, L., Mueller, D., Sikora, E., Smith, D., Tenuta, A., Tilmon, K., and Wise, K. 2018. Considerations for selecting soybean varieties. Crop Protection Network: CPN 4004. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5210/
• Wise, K., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Conley, S., Faske, T., Giesler, L., Mueller, D., Sikora, E., Smith, D., Tenuta, A., and Tilmon, K. 2018. Factors to consider before using a soybean seed treatment. Crop Protection Network: CPN 4003. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5205/

Other accomplishments:
This project enabled leveraging of funds from multiple other sources including:
• North Central Integrated Pest Management Center
• USDA NIFA – Integrated Pest Management Program
• Individual states (MI, IA, IN) and individual Extension program funds to deliver and disseminate information

This project continues to leverage the resources developed toward creating outreach for other major crops including corn and wheat disease resources in February 2018:
• Friskop, A., Wise, K., Bradley, C., Smith, D., Kleczewski, N., Darby, H., Mehl, H., and Collins, A. 2018. Small Grain Disease Management: Optimizing Fungicide Use for Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) and Associated Mycotoxins. Crop Protection Network: CPN 3001. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5212/
• Wise, K. and members of the Corn Disease Working Group. 2018. Corn Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Corn Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2011. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5214/
• Members of the North Central Regional Committee on Soybean Diseases (NCERA-137). 2018. Soybean Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Soybean Foliar Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 1019. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5702/
• Members of the Identification and Biology of Seedling Pathogens of Soybean project and the North Central Regional Com¬mittee on Soybean Diseases (NCERA-137). 2018. Soybean Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Soybean Seedling Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 1020. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5705/
• Creation of a web-based encyclopedia of information and images for 34 corn diseases and 31 wheat diseases, to compliment the 30 encyclopedia articles on soybean diseases at the Crop Protection Network website (cropprotectionnetwork.org)
• Woloshuck, C., et al. Corn Ear Rot Management: Grain and Silage Sampling and Mycotoxin Testing (Updated). 2018. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2003. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/4941/
• Malvick, D., Jackson-Ziems, T., and Robertson, A. 2018. Corn Disease Management: Goss’s Bacterial Wilt and Blight. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2010. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5759/
• DeWolf, E. and members of the North Central Regional Committee on Management of Small Grain Diseases (NCERA-184). 2018. Small Grains Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Wheat Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 3002. https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/download/5672/
• Mueller, D., Wise, K., and Sisson, A. and members of the Corn Disease Working Group. Corn Disease Management: Corn Disease Loss Estimates From the United States and Ontario, Canada – 2017. 2018. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2007.

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This project resulted in extensive collaboration among soybean extension workers nationally and internationally, with a primary concern for soybean issues occurring in the North Central Region of the United States. This collaboration produced a diverse variety of publications useful for helping soybean growers and agronomists make crop protection decisions. Publication resources include the following (attached to report as PDFs for reference or available at cropprotectionnetwork.org):

• Conley, S., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Giesler, L., Mueller, D., Sikora, E., Smith, D., Tenuta, A., Tilmon, K., and Wise, K. 2018. Considerations for selecting soybean varieties. Crop Protection Network: CPN 4004.
• Wise, K., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Conley, S., Faske, T., Giesler, L., Mueller, D., Sikora, E., Smith, D., Tenuta, A., and Tilmon, K. 2018. Factors to consider before using a soybean seed treatment. Crop Protection Network: CPN 4003.
• Mueller, D., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Freije, A., Giesler, L., Sisson, A., Smith, D., Tenuta, A., and Wise, K., 2016. Sudden death syndrome. Crop Protection Network. CPN 1011.
• Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Freije, A., Giesler, L., Mueller, D., Sikora, E., Sisson, A., Smith, D., Tenuta, A., and Wise, K., 2016. Soybean Disease Management - Frogeye Leaf Spot. Crop Protection Network. CPN 1017.
• Wise, K., Mueller, D., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Freije, A., Giesler, L., Sisson, A., Smith, D., and Tenuta, A. 2016. Soybean stem zone lines: fact or fiction. Crop Protection Network. CPN 1015.
• Wise, K., Mueller, D., Johnson, W., Legleiter, T., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Giesler, L., Sisson, A., Smith, D., and Tenuta, A. 2016. Using ILeVO® with preemergence herbicides. Crop Protection Network. CPN 1013.
• Smith, D. et al. 2015. Soybean Disease Management - Charcoal Rot. Crop Protection Network. CPN 1004
• Wise, K., Mueller, D., Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Freije, A., Giesler, L., Sisson, A., Smith, D., and Tenuta, A. 2016. Soybean seed treatments: Questions that emerge when plants don’t. Crop Protection Network. CPN 1016.
• Bradley, C., Chilvers, M., Giesler, L., Mueller, D., Sisson, A., Smith, D., Tenuta, A., and Wise, K., 2016. Fungicide Resistance in Field Crops FAQs. Crop Protection Network. CPN 4001.

Additionally, resources developed for this project were leveraged toward creating outreach for other major crops including corn and wheat. These resources produced a diverse variety of publications useful for helping soybean growers and agronomists make crop protection decisions for crops grown in rotation with soybean. The following are publications have been created and housed at cropprotectionnetwork.org:

• Friskop, A., Wise, K., Bradley, C., Smith, D., Kleczewski, N., Darby, H., Mehl, H., and Collins, A. 2018. Small Grain Disease Management: Optimizing Fungicide Use for Fusarium Head Blight (Scab) and Associated Mycotoxins. Crop Protection Network: CPN 3001.
• Wise, K. and members of the Corn Disease Working Group. 2018. Corn Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Corn Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2011.
• Members of the North Central Regional Committee on Soybean Diseases (NCERA-137). 2018. Soybean Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Soybean Foliar Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 1019.
• Members of the Identification and Biology of Seedling Pathogens of Soybean project and the North Central Regional Com¬mittee on Soybean Diseases (NCERA-137). 2018. Soybean Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Soybean Seedling Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 1020.
• Creation of a web-based encyclopedia of information and images for 34 corn diseases and 31 wheat diseases, to compliment the 30 encyclopedia articles on soybean diseases at the Crop Protection Network website (cropprotectionnetwork.org)
• Woloshuck, C., et al. Corn Ear Rot Management: Grain and Silage Sampling and Mycotoxin Testing (Updated). 2018. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2003.
• Malvick, D., Jackson-Ziems, T., and Robertson, A. 2018. Corn Disease Management: Goss’s Bacterial Wilt and Blight. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2010.
• DeWolf, E. and members of the North Central Regional Committee on Management of Small Grain Diseases (NCERA-184). 2018. Small Grains Disease Management: Fungicide Efficacy for Control of Wheat Diseases. Crop Protection Network: CPN 3002.
• Mueller, D., Wise, K., and Sisson, A. and members of the Corn Disease Working Group. Corn Disease Management: Corn Disease Loss Estimates From the United States and Ontario, Canada – 2017. 2018. Crop Protection Network: CPN 2007.

One of the primary outputs for this project was the Crop Protection Network webpage and associated content (cropprotectionnetwork.org), where publications are housed and the encyclopedia function (https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/encyclopedia/) is housed. Content includes social media post compilation from multiple partners onto one resource, ability to post feature articles, a publication library, and an encyclopedia of information and images for 30 soybean diseases, and a library of crop protection publications. The disease encyclopedia is sortable by crop, where symptoms appear on the plant, and most likely time of appearance, allowing users to narrow down the most probable disease issue. This webpage also includes sponsor information and directs viewers towards sponsor webpage https://cropprotectionnetwork.org/sponsors/.

The Soybean Research Information Initiative (SRII) was updated with the most current versions of Crop Protection Network publications on integrated soybean production and press releases were released through SRII to highlight new publications on soybean variety selection and soybean seed treatments. Publications were posted to state extension stores such as the Iowa State University Extension Online Store and the Purdue University Extension Education Store. Information was disseminated through multiple channels to stakeholders, including field days, extension articles, in-person interactions, and electronic media and communications during the duration of this grant. These actions helped to make resources available for stakeholders through multiple venues and increasing accessibility to soybean scouting and decision-making tools.

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.