Though Japanese beetle numbers and their defoliation to soybean typically get lots of mid-season attention, their pressures seemed to be lower this year.
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Soybean fields throughout the state are rapidly undergoing their annual color changes, deep green to golden yellow.
This season, thousands of Indiana’s acres of soybean were planted in early April because the soil and temperatures were ideal.
The following video addresses bean leaf beetle identification, biology, and late-season damage to soybean while keeping the marketable portion of the crop foremost in mind.
Within the past week, we’ve noticed a movement of bean leaf beetles from an early-maturing soybean field, i.e., yellowing leaves, to nearby “green” fields.
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.
