2020
Management of Soybean Insect Pests FY20
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Ohio Soybean Council
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Biotic stressCrop protectionField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Kelley Tilmon, The Ohio State University
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
20-R-03
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Ohio Soybean Council
$58,000
Institution Funded:
The Ohio State University
$58,000
Brief Project Summary:

This project aims to monitor stink bug field populations to time scouting alerts for growers and to provide information about the distribution of different stink bug species in Ohio. It also intends to develop an assay to test for stink bug insecticide resistance, an increasing problem. Research plans to determine how pheromone-baited sticky cards can be used as a monitoring tool for stink bugs in soybean to make stink bug scouting easier and more efficient. It also should determine whether a new soybean aphid biotype is capable of overcoming new the new triple-stack anti-aphid soybean varieties.

Key Beneficiaries:
#agronomists, #extension agents, #farmers
Unique Keywords:
#insect control, #insects, #insects and pests, #soybean aphids, #stink bugs
Information And Results
Project Deliverables

Q1 (October-December) ? Summarize 2019 stink bug sampling and prepare maps for winter extension programs ? Establish stink bug colony for insecticide assay method development and obtain materials ? Establish plants for biotype 4.1 experiments ? Obtain pictures for soybean gall midge ID/alert card

Q2 (January-March) ? Write research protocols for Summer 2020 experiments on stink bug scouting tools ? Optimize insecticide vial-coating methods for insecticide assay ? No-choice tests on biotype 4.1 ? Draft text for soybean gall midge ID/alert card

Q3 (April-June) ? Select sites for stink bug sampling ? Test assay vials against colony insects ? Choice tests on biotype 4.1 ? Plant plots for stink bug scouting experiment

Q4 (July-September) ? Stink bug monitoring in selected field locations ? Test assay vials against field-collected insects ? Conduct stink bug scouting experiment ? Conclusion of biotype 4.1 experiments ? Finalize and print for soybean gall midge ID/alert card

Winter 2020/2021 ? Analyze and disseminate results

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.