2014
Stressing soybeans to increase yield
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Contributor/Checkoff:
Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board
Category:
Sustainable Production
Keywords:
GeneticsGenomicsSeed quality
Parent Project:
This is the first year of this project.
Lead Principal Investigator:
Chad Lee, University of Kentucky
Co-Principal Investigators:
John Orlowski, Cornell University
Project Code:
Contributing Organization (Checkoff):
Kentucky Soybean Promotion Board
(n/a)
Institution Funded:
University of Kentucky
(n/a)
Brief Project Summary:

High soybean prices have caused many growers to seek out intensive management strategies to maximize soybean yield and profit. One of these strategies is the application of the herbicide lactofen (Cobra) to early vegetative soybeans. Yield increases observed from the application of lactofen were thought to be due to increased branching. However, yield component analysis conducted in 2012 found that lactofen does not cause increased branching when compared to untreated plants. This means that lactofen may increase yield due to other physiological mechanisms. One possible mechanism is the activation or up-regulation of genes in soybeans that help the plants deal with stress during the pod...

Unique Keywords:
#seed composition, #soybean product testing, #soybean production management systems, #soybean yield
Information And Results
Final Project Results

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