Soybean cyst nematode can easily cause 25% yield loss in infected fields. Nematodes are nearly impossible to see with the naked eye, but their impact on soybean yields is about to come into clear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soybean nematode. (Image courtesy of Jon Eisenback) Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode.

More than 100 weed species provide refuge for soybean cyst nematode, complicating farmers’ management strategies.

A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight ...

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the number one yield-robbing pest in soybeans in the United States, affecting over 200,000 growers and costing them an estimated $1.5 billion in yield annually.¹ Despite ...

Northarvest Bean Growers Association is funding test kits for dry edible bean growers to test the soil for soybean cyst nematodes, which can severely impact yields in soybeans and dry beans. The ...

Oct. 2 is National Nematode Day and marks a good time to test fields for soybean cyst nematode, the No. 1 pathogen of soybean in the United States. “We anticipate the highest SCN levels to occur at ...

October is known as soybean cyst nematode action month because this is the best time to get out and soil sample for SCN. The end of a soybean season is when SCN levels will be at their highest in the ...

SHELLEY, Idaho — A potato field’s recent release from government regulation marks a milestone in the nearly two-decade battle against the Pale Cyst Nematode, farmer Bryan Searle said. “This is the ...

The soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) is the most significant nematode pest affecting soybeans on Delmarva and in the United States. First detected in Delaware in the fall of 1979, the ...

A very small insect is causing big trouble in Iowa’s soybean fields and it’s spreading quickly across the continent. The soybean cyst nematode or SCN is being tracked in a survey throughout the United ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The soybean farmer's biggest enemy – a tiny parasitic worm known as the soybean cyst nematode – will soon not be a worry, thanks to Purdue University scientists and Midwestern ...