Harvest is the ideal time to test soil for soybean cyst nematode (SCN), and the SCN Coalition is encouraging soybean growers to know which fields have the yield-hurting pest and at what population densities.
Successful management of SCN starts with a soil test
This University of Minnesota photo shows the white soybean cyst nematode bodies. The cysts are filled with SCN eggs. Unfortunately, SCN is becoming resistant to PI 88788, the source of resistance used in more than 90 percent of resistant varieties.
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