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Soybean Defoliators Make Way for Pod Feeders
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-defoliators-make-way-pod-feeders
August 30, 2005 WOOSTER, Ohio — The soybean aphid may be on the downturn from high summer populations, but their diminishment doesn't necessarily mean an end to scouting fields. Ron Hammond, an Ohio State University research entomologist with the O ...
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Soybean Crop Approaches Record Yields
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-crop-approaches-record-yields
December 2, 2005 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Despite varied rainfall and high insect populations, Ohio's soybean crop may be headed for a record-breaking year in yields. According to the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service, state average yield is forecasted ...
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Soybean Aphid May Be Back Next Year
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soybean-aphid-may-be-back-next-year
October 20, 2004 WOOSTER, Ohio — The soybean aphid, which was practically nonexistent in soybean fields this growing season, may be back with a vengeance next year. Ron Hammond, an Ohio State University research entomologist, said that if population pat ...
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Soybean Varieties Targeted for Soybean Rust Resistance
June 23, 2005 WOOSTER, Ohio — Over 500 soybean lines planted in nearly 4,000 plots will be evaluated in Ohio this season for potential resistance to soybean rust. Ohio State University's Soybean Breeding Program has joined a nationwide effort to id ...
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Southern Ohio Corn May be at Risk for Stewart's Wilt
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/southern-ohio-corn-may-be-risk-stewarts-wilt
March 17, 2008 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Southern Ohio's corn crop may face a high risk of Stewart's bacterial wilt and leaf blight this growing season. The disease is caused by a bacterium carried and spread by adult flea beetles. Based on the flea bee ...
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Soil Sampling Only Way to Catch Silent Robber of Soybean Yields
November 23, 2005 WOOSTER, Ohio-- Soybean rust may have been the talk in crop fields across Ohio this season, but now is the time for growers to turn their attention toward a more elusive pest. Deemed the "silent robber of yields," soybean cys ...
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Soggy Fields May Promote Wheat Diseases
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/soggy-fields-may-promote-wheat-diseases
May 22, 2002 WOOSTER, Ohio- Excessive wet weather throughout Ohio the past several weeks may cause problems with disease development in the state's wheat crop. Pat Lipps, an Ohio State University Extension plant pathologist with the Ohio Agricultural ...
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Slugs May Be Abundant This Year
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/slugs-may-be-abundant-year
April 16, 2002 WOOSTER, Ohio- High slug populations may welcome no-till farmers to the start of the growing season. Ohio State University entomologists have been receiving reports that adult slugs and eggs are present in abundance in some no-till fields t ...
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Size Matters with Slug Feeding
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/size-matters-slug-feeding
January 31, 2006 WOOSTER, Ohio-- The first signs of slug activity and feeding in crop fields is correlated with the size of the juveniles, according to Ohio State University entomology research. Field studies conducted last summer at the Ohio Agricultur ...
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Sentinel Plots to Aid in Soybean Rust Detection
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/sentinel-plots-aid-soybean-rust-detection
June 3, 2005 MT. GILEAD, Ohio — Soybeans in the unifoliate, or one leaf, stage of development peak through the soil on grower Tom Weiler's Mt. Gilead, Ohio, farm. Seeded on April 11, the beans are among the first planted in Ohio and for a specific ...