The focus of this research project is to agronomically and economically evaluate heat-tolerant maturity group 3 soybean genotypes that have been recently developed by the USDA-ARS, as well as commercially available MG 3 soybeans. Trials compare productivity and grain quality of three newly developed ARS late MG 3 soybean lines to three traditional late MG 3 soybean cultivars, compare narrow row to wide row soybean production for MG 3 varieties and examine the economic considerations of the using both commercially available and USDA-bred MG 3 soybeans.Key Benefactors: farmers, agronomists, extension agents
Yields can be significantly improved if the use of MG III varieties could allow dry land farmers to harvest soybean before the onset of summer drought.
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.