If I were to ask the question, “What are the two largest management factors that come to mind when you hear soybean management factors?” What would your answer be? For myself, the top two things that come to mind are early planting date (late March and April) and herbicide resistance.
Early planting date has arguably been the biggest soybean yield driver because of the increased number of days before the plant starts to flower. This allows... Read More →
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Diagnostics: Video: How to Stage a Soybean Plant
July 15, 2014
Staging a soybean plant can help determine which management practices to implement and which potential risk factors to be aware of, including disease and insect pests.
To stage a soybean plant, or determine its vegetative stage, count the number of nodes below the top trifoliate.
In this 90-second video ISA Technical Consultant Dan Davidson, Ph.D., gives a tutorial on how to stage a soybean plant.
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