MONROE – Michigan State University fielded a soybean cyst nematode (SCN) plot May 20 at Monroe County Community College’s Student Ag Farm.
Eight seed treatments, repeated six times, were planted at the Student Ag Farm, an off-campus testing site, said Ned Birkey, MSU Extension educator emeritus.
“All told, 48 replicated and randomized plots were planted,” Birkey said.
SCN is a plant-parasitic roundworm and causes more yield loss than any other soybean disease in North America, according to MSUE. In Michigan alone, SCN causes more than $40 million in economic losses per year.
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A Farmer Field Day is planned for September 5 and controlling this nematode pest will be one of the topics covered, Birkey said.
This article originally appeared in The Monroe News: Soybean cyst nematode field planted at Monroe County Community College
