along with Zak Ralston, Jonell Winger, Isaac Knowles
Earlier this spring, members of American Soybean Association were provided soil sampling bags and a challenge. They were to sample the best yielding field and the lowest yielding field on their farm to assess where SCN was. We’ve been able to process samples from 105 fields and here is the summary:
|
County |
Not detected |
Trace |
Low |
Moderate |
total |
|
Allen |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
Auglaize |
4 |
3 |
- |
- |
7 |
|
Champaigne |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
Crawford |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Coshocton |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Darke |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
|
Fayette |
- |
2 |
2 |
- |
4 |
|
Fulton |
0 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
|
Hancock |
2 |
1 |
- |
- |
3 |
|
Hardin |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Huron |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
4 |
|
Lucas |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
Madison |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
Marion |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Medina |
- |
1 |
1 |
- |
2 |
|
Mercer |
- |
1 |
2 |
- |
3 |
|
Miami |
- |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
Muskingum |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Paulding |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Pickaway |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Portage |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Putnam |
4 |
1 |
- |
- |
5 |
|
Ross |
3 |
- |
1 |
- |
4 |
|
Sandusky |
2 |
2 |
8 |
2 |
14 |
|
Tuscarawas |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Union |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
|
Van Wert |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Wood |
3 |
2 |
1 |
- |
6 |
|
Wyandot |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
|
Totals |
38 |
36 |
24 |
7 |
105 |
There is still plenty of time to sample this season, so if you can locate your bags, the SCN populations are at the highest when the leaves have fallen off of the plants. So get your sample probes out or wait until after harvest, when it is easier to move through the fields. We will have more information about this initiative at Farm Science Review.