A new soybean variety – with resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) derived from the breeding line PI 89772 – is being released by Syngenta in small quantities in 2020. Syngenta is sharing seed with university researchers and farm cooperators now, and full commercial launch is coming next year.
Melissa Mitchum, a plant scientist at the University of Missouri’s Bond Life Sciences Center, has demonstrated the ability of nematodes to synthesize and secrete cytokinin for parasitism.





