Soybean cyst nematode symptoms more evident in dry conditions

Soybean cyst nematode symptoms more evident in dry conditions

Drought conditions are helping reveal the presence of soybean cyst nematodes.

BASF technical services rep Troy Bauer says you can see the symptoms of SCN more when the weather is hot and dry.

“A great example would be from this summer when I was looking at some of my research plots, and you really couldn’t see any above-ground symptoms. But I could tell since the treatments were stacked side by side that some of the treatments weren’t canoping as soon as other treatments.