2015
Improving Pod Count: Quantifying Physiological Determinants of Soybean Pod Number
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Illinois Soybean Association
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
Field management Nutrient managementSoil healthTillageYield trials
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Fred Below, University of Illinois-Carbondale
Co-Principal Investigators:
Larry C Purcell, University of Arkansas
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Illinois Soybean Association
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Illinois-Carbondale
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

Among the most overlooked yield determinants are those most apparent - pod and bean numbers. Identifying agronomic practices that optimize each of these pod counts, bean counts and bean weights will result in greater soybean productivity. Objectives include: understanding the impact of routine agronomic management practices on soybean growth rate, pod retention, final pod and bean number, and grain yield; quantifying the effective filling period at different regions of the plant canopy to find strategies for improved yield achieved with greater pod fill duration; identify statewide recommendations for growers to maximize bean number, pod number, and the effective filling period in modern soybean production.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension specialists

Information And Results
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.