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Iowa: Another Tough Winter for Bean Leaf Beetle Apr 28, 2022
Bean leaf beetle adults are susceptible to cold weather, and most will die if exposed to air temperatures below 14°F. However, they avoid harsh temperatures by burrowing under plant debris […]
Northern Iowa: High Mortality Rates for Bean Leaf Beetle Apr 23, 2021
Bean leaf beetle adults (Photo 1) are susceptible to cold weather and most will die when air temperatures fall below 14°F (-10°C). However, they have adapted to winter by protecting […]
Iowa Soybeans: Mild Winter Favors Bean Leaf Beetle Survival Apr 27, 2020
Bean leaf beetle adults are susceptible to cold weather and most die when air temperatures fall below 14°F (-10°C). However, they have adapted to winter by protecting themselves under plant […]
Illinois Soybeans: Insects – What To Scout For During Pod Fill Sep 9, 2019
At this point in the season, most of our insect monitoring efforts are focused on soybean. There are several pests that can damage soybean during pod fill, and proper scouting […]
Soybeans: Keep Scouting for Insects – Especially This Year – DTN Jun 25, 2019
Only about half of the country’s soybeans have emerged, but some insect pests are already out and about, waiting for them. Entomologists and agronomists have reported sightings of soybean aphids, […]
Illinois Corn, Soybeans: Scouting for Early Season Pests After Late Start Jun 10, 2019
It goes without saying that this spring has been a challenge. With extreme planting delays throughout the state, crop development is well behind normal expectations, while insect pest populations have […]
Indiana Soybeans: Discolored, Shriveled Seeds – Who Done It? Sep 24, 2018
Combines are rolling and wagons of grain are heading for dryers and storage. Already, questions have been received about soybean seed observed to be shrunken and/or discolored. Too, we typically […]
Illinois Corn, Soybeans: Biggest Pest Problem in 2018 Sep 18, 2018
As field and research season winds down, we’re able to finish collecting and summarizing data. One of our biggest summer projects is the annual corn and soybean survey. While some […]
Mississippi Soybeans: Bean Leaf Beetle and Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper – Podcast Aug 28, 2018
Dr. Bobby Golden, Extension rice and soil fertility agronomist, hosts MSU entomologists Dr. Angus Catchot, Dr. Don Cook and Dr. Jeff Gore to talk bean leaf beetles and threecornered alfalfa […]
Ohio Soybeans: Late-Season Pod Feeding – Bean Leaf Beetles, Grasshoppers Aug 21, 2018
We have heard a few reports of either bean leaf beetles or grasshoppers increasing in soybeans. As we start to approach the end of the growing season the larger concern […]
