The North Central Soybean Research Program (NCSRP) approved funding for $3.75 million for research in fiscal year 2022 to support nine university-based projects. The following Iowa State researchers are involved in six of those projects.

• Thomas Baum and Greg Tylka, plant pathology and microbiology, will serve as co-principal investigators (PIs) with others in a project led by Andrew Scaboo, University of Missouri, titled “An Integrated Approach to Enhance Durability of Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) Resistance for Long-term, Strategic SCN Management (Phase III)”
   
• Erin Hodgson and Matthew O'Neal, entomology, will serve as co-PIs on a project led by Kelley Tilmon, The Ohio State University, titled “Research and Extension on Emerging Soybean Pests in the North Central Region”
   
• Prashant Jha, agronomy, will serve as a co-PI on a project led by Kevin Bradley, University of Missouri, titled “Comparison of Non-Chemical Control Methods as Part of an Integrated Weed Management Strategy in Soybean: Comparison of Weed Electrocution to At-Harvest Weed Seed Destruction as Part of an Integrated Weed Management Strategy in Soybean”
   
• Daren Mueller, plant pathology and microbiology, will serve as a co-PI on a project led by Damon Smith, University of Wisconsin, titled “Multi-dimensional Approaches for Improved Productivity, Sustainability, and Management of Major Soybean Diseases in the North Central US”
   
• Danny Singh, agronomy, will serve as a co-PI with others on a project led by Leah McHale, The Ohio State University, titled “SOYGEN2: Increasing Soybean Genetic Gain for Yield and Seed Composition by Developing Tools, Know-how and Community Among Public Breeders in the North Central US”
   
• Greg Tylka, plant pathology and microbiology, will serve as a co-PI on a project led by Sam Markell, North Dakota State University, titled “The SCN Coalition: Building on Economic Impact”

More information about these projects can be found on the National Soybean Checkoff Research Database, which also provides information about project researchers, objectives, progress reports and final results including how farmers will benefit from the work.