Win the Race Between Pathogen and Plant
Today’s soybean growers are doing their part to help move sustainable agriculture forward, reducing tillage and incorporating cover crops into their production practices. And while conservation-focused cultural practices build beneficial microbes, parasites and pathogens also thrive in healthy soils. Seed treatments address that challenge.
While both conservation tillage and cover crops are essential to creating the highest quality soils, increased disease pressure can result.
“What you're doing with a cover crop is creating a green bridge for that inoculum to grow. So rather than the ground going fallow without much microbial action going on, you're keeping that microbial action hot and it's good for the good microbes. It's also good for the bad microbes,” says Dair McDuffee, product development manager for seed treatment for Valent U.S.A. “With no-till more cover is kept on the ground and inoculum is able to grow on that cover.”
That’s why starting the season strong with a comprehensive seed treatment program protects soybean seed and seedlings from pests and disease. It also enables growers to continue farming more sustainably.
“When you're planting your soybeans, you're setting them up for a journey for that year, and you are planting them, in some cases, in relatively harsh conditions,” McDuffee says. “What we want to do with a seed treatment is help protect that seed and seedling until those plants get to the point where they can start to shrug off some of these early season yield robbers, including diseases, insects and nematodes.”
Understanding the threat
Preemergence and early postemergence threats that can devastatingly reduce yield potential include nematodes, above- and below-ground insects and diseases such as Pythium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia and Fusarium.
“When you think about above ground insects, you're probably going to think about bean leaf beetle. You might see some feeding from an insect like that, but some of the more dangerous ones are below ground, like white grub wireworm or seedcorn maggot. Those can really attack your root system and give you a compromised plant,” McDuffee says.
Threats to soybean seed and seedlings do not occur in a vacuum. Damage by one pest can result in an opportunity for another pest to invade.
“Nematodes and insects can feed on the root. And even if they take away a dose of an insecticide or a nematicide, they still leave that area where they were feeding and that opens the door for disease,” says McDuffee. “If you're going to protect your soybean seedlings, you need to pair a complete comprehensive seed treatment package like INTEGO® SUITE Soybeans with Aveo® EZ Nematicide, which is our biological nematicide.”
Starting the season strong
INTEGO SUITE Soybeans contains three fungicides - metalaxyl, ethaboxam and ipconazole – for broad spectrum control of diseases such as Pythium and Phytophthora. INTEGO also includes the insecticide, clothianidin, to protect soybeans from below ground pests and limit bean leaf beetle feeding.
“Every active ingredient is systemic. That means that it has activity if it runs into the pathogen in the soil, but it also travels into the plant and helps protect it longer than a contact fungicide,” McDuffee says. “Ethaboxam helps set INTEGO apart with the enhanced protection it gives you from Pythium and Phytophthora and the insecticide clothianidin protects those roots where you don't want a single bit of feeding because that can compromise your plant.”
Adding Aveo Nematicide to the mix ensures nematodes don’t take a bite out of soybean yield potential. The seed treatment, Aveo, controls soybean cyst nematodes and other plant-parasitic nematodes, while colonizing the plant roots for season long protection.
“When you think about how much planning goes into planting and how often those plans are just dashed by weather, equipment failure and other factors, to have that level of protection ready to go out the door makes a whole lot of sense,” McDuffee says. “It's all about yield potential. I always describe the first part of a soybean’s life as a race between the pathogens and the plant.”
For more information, visit Valent.com/INTEGO SUITE Soybeans or talk to your local retailer to learn more about INTEGO SUITE Soybeans.
Always read and follow label instructions.
INTEGO and Aveo are registered trademarks of Valent U.S.A. LLC.
While both conservation tillage and cover crops are essential to creating the highest quality soils, increased disease pressure can result.
“What you're doing with a cover crop is creating a green bridge for that inoculum to grow. So rather than the ground going fallow without much microbial action going on, you're keeping that microbial action hot and it's good for the good microbes. It's also good for the bad microbes,” says Dair McDuffee, product development manager for seed treatment for Valent U.S.A. “With no-till more cover is kept on the ground and inoculum is able to grow on that cover.”
That’s why starting the season strong with a comprehensive seed treatment program protects soybean seed and seedlings from pests and disease. It also enables growers to continue farming more sustainably.
“When you're planting your soybeans, you're setting them up for a journey for that year, and you are planting them, in some cases, in relatively harsh conditions,” McDuffee says. “What we want to do with a seed treatment is help protect that seed and seedling until those plants get to the point where they can start to shrug off some of these early season yield robbers, including diseases, insects and nematodes.”
Understanding the threat
Preemergence and early postemergence threats that can devastatingly reduce yield potential include nematodes, above- and below-ground insects and diseases such as Pythium, Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia and Fusarium.
“When you think about above ground insects, you're probably going to think about bean leaf beetle. You might see some feeding from an insect like that, but some of the more dangerous ones are below ground, like white grub wireworm or seedcorn maggot. Those can really attack your root system and give you a compromised plant,” McDuffee says.
Threats to soybean seed and seedlings do not occur in a vacuum. Damage by one pest can result in an opportunity for another pest to invade.
“Nematodes and insects can feed on the root. And even if they take away a dose of an insecticide or a nematicide, they still leave that area where they were feeding and that opens the door for disease,” says McDuffee. “If you're going to protect your soybean seedlings, you need to pair a complete comprehensive seed treatment package like INTEGO® SUITE Soybeans with Aveo® EZ Nematicide, which is our biological nematicide.”
Starting the season strong
INTEGO SUITE Soybeans contains three fungicides - metalaxyl, ethaboxam and ipconazole – for broad spectrum control of diseases such as Pythium and Phytophthora. INTEGO also includes the insecticide, clothianidin, to protect soybeans from below ground pests and limit bean leaf beetle feeding.
“Every active ingredient is systemic. That means that it has activity if it runs into the pathogen in the soil, but it also travels into the plant and helps protect it longer than a contact fungicide,” McDuffee says. “Ethaboxam helps set INTEGO apart with the enhanced protection it gives you from Pythium and Phytophthora and the insecticide clothianidin protects those roots where you don't want a single bit of feeding because that can compromise your plant.”
Adding Aveo Nematicide to the mix ensures nematodes don’t take a bite out of soybean yield potential. The seed treatment, Aveo, controls soybean cyst nematodes and other plant-parasitic nematodes, while colonizing the plant roots for season long protection.
“When you think about how much planning goes into planting and how often those plans are just dashed by weather, equipment failure and other factors, to have that level of protection ready to go out the door makes a whole lot of sense,” McDuffee says. “It's all about yield potential. I always describe the first part of a soybean’s life as a race between the pathogens and the plant.”
For more information, visit Valent.com/INTEGO SUITE Soybeans or talk to your local retailer to learn more about INTEGO SUITE Soybeans.
Always read and follow label instructions.
INTEGO and Aveo are registered trademarks of Valent U.S.A. LLC.