High soybean yields are possible with a wide range of plant populations because single plants of most varieties will utilize a 7- to 9-inch area in all directions around the main stem. Plants adjust ...

This must be done for every variety each year, since seed size will change with variety and growing conditions. 3. Desired population. Table 2 on the back gives Purdue plants-per-acre recommendations ...

Here are Farm Journal Field Agronomist Ken Ferrie’s recommendations for early-planted soybeans: 1. Because the critical photoperiod comes sooner as maturities get longer, plant your fullest ...

Through the last decade, Ma, who is the Indiana Soybean Alliance ... found was in root nodules, a structure on legumes' roots that harbors interaction between the plant and Rhizobia bacteria.

Vieira is the senior author of a study offering more insight into how soybean plants respond to flooding in the critical early reproductive stage when the plant begins to flower. The study ...

with average yield increases of 15% in corn and 12% in soybeans. “(Our) research has proven that UV light signaling induces increased root biomass and sturdier plant structure, which leads to ...