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URBANA, Ill. (AP) -- Soybean aphids might be less troublesome for growers this year than last year, test results show.
Tracking soybean aphid development through Pest Forecasting Map resources can help you be prepared to treat when insecticides will be most effective against an infestation. Early scouting and ...
FARGO — Soybean farmers in North Dakota and across the country are bracing for uncertainty as China prepares to implement a 34% retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods, including soybeans. In 2024, the ...
These less-stressed SWROC soybeans could hit the 250-aphid-per-plant threshold near Aug. 1, if populations continue to increase at the present rate … and it rains.
Complicating matters is the fact that the duration of soybean aphid populations and their impacts on yield are less predictable in R6. Regular scouting and use of the 250-aphid-per-plant threshold ...
What do beetles eat? The beetles really like eating Michigan's newest aphid pest, the soybean aphid. The aphid was discovered in Michigan and other Midwestern states during the summer of 2000.
A new, open-access article in the Journal of Integrated Pest Management describes the biology and ecology profiles of the soybean aphid (Aphis glycines Matsumura), an insect pest which can reduce ...
Last year, 90% of Matthew Fitzgerald’s 450 acres of soybeans were infested with soybean aphids. An organic farmer in Hutchinson, Minnesota, Fitzgerald is one of many whose livelihoods have been ...
Soybean aphid can cause yield losses in the early R6 growth stage. However, a treatment threshold for early R6 has not been developed.
Back in the early 2000s, I was helping with Purdue research by scouting soybean fields for the new soybean aphid. I saw minute pirate bugs (and other insects in this article) often. Bob O’Neil, former ...