The goal of the following proposal is the improved understanding of: 1) Short and long-term changes in the insects and pathogens affecting Minnesota soybean production and 2) The impact of pests on yields, profitability and management practices of soybean farmers across the soybean producing areas of Minnesota.
The objective of this work is the development of a framework for long-term monitoring of soybean pests and pathogens. A second objective is development of a system to provide long-term evaluations of management by a) testing pesticide efficacy in an ongoing, systematic way and b) weed research/demonstration that will include volunteer corn and volunteer soybean control.
This proposal...