2018
Increasing Soybean Yields in South Carolina
Contributor/Checkoff:
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Biotic stressCrop protectionField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Ben Fallen, USDA-ARS
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Brief Project Summary:

The objectives for this project are to evaluate plant hormones/micronutrients vital to reproduction in soybean to determine their impact on pod retention and yield and determine what application date is best for increasing pod retention and yield, evaluate 3 soybean lines for traits that could be a deer deterrent, and determine if planting a RR1 forage soybean around the perimeter of a field decreases deer damage to the field core.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

Information And Results
Project Deliverables

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.