2019
IPM strategies for managing pest complexes, including the influence of cover crops
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
DiseaseField management Pest
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Scott D Stewart, University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
Co-Principal Investigators:
Project Code:
19-026-R
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board
$50,000
Institution Funded:
University of Tennessee-Institute of Agriculture
$50,000
Brief Project Summary:

This project investigates the potential benefits of seed treatments and the efficacy and need for various insect management practices, studies the spread of invasive pests within Tennessee, and also investigates how the use of cover crops affects the occurrence of pest and beneficials, including the value of insecticide seed treatments in a cover crop/soybean system. Efforts include standardized testing of insecticide treatments to determine efficacy and value to producers, continued survey efforts for invasive pests like kudzu bug and brown marmorated stink bug and investigating the implications of cover crops on early-season pest management in soybean. They also test IPM practices and assess cover crops and dual cropping system impacts on insects and slugs.

Key Benefactors:
farmers, agronomists, extension agents

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.