New research is looking into the relationship between cover crops and soybean cyst nematode.
Southern Illinois agronomist John Pike says initial findings are promising.
“Where we’ve got both cereal rye and annual rye grass that we’re using as cover crops.” He says, “And we’ve seen some responses to those cover crops. On the positive side of suppression of soybean cyst nematode, but it’s been variable.”
He tells Brownfield the study looks at the issue in full-sized fields compared to past plot-sized research.
