ISRC staff attended the Iowa Soybean Association’s summer Supply Committee meeting on June 29. Greg Tylka, ISRC director, gave an update on the center’s activities, while Kay Stefanik, Iowa Nutrient Research Center, Kendall Lamkey, agronomy, and Steve Harris, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology also gave updates. ISU researcher, Leonor Leandro, gave an update on several research projects focused on soybean sudden death syndrome.

The ISA Supply Committee reviewed research proposals for 2022-2023 at the meeting. The following projects were approved to receive continued funding by the full ISA Board on June 30.

Michael Castellano, principal investigator (PI) agronomy and co-PIs Sotirios Archontoulis, agronomy and Theo Gunther, Iowa Soybean Association: “Soybean Nitrogen Fertility for High-Yielding Soybeans Following High-Yielding Corn and Winter Cereal Rye Cover Crops”

Prashant Jha, PI, agronomy and co-PI Ramawatar Yadav, agronomy: “Weed Seed Destructor: A Novel Harvest Weed Seed Control Technology for Mitigating Herbicide-Resistant Seed Banks”

Leonor Leandro, PI, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology (PPEM) and co-PI Lingling Liu, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE): “Investigating the Use of Nano-encapsulated Seed Treatments for Improved Management of Soybean Sudden Death Syndrome”

Mark Licht, PI, agronomy and co-PI Fernando Marcos, agronomy: “Amplifying ISA Investment Through National Collaborative Research”

Daren Mueller, PI, PPEM and co-PI Edgar Nieto, PPEM: “Evaluating Foliar Fungicides and Monitoring for Fungicide Resistance”

Matt O'Neal, PI, PPEM and co-PIs Erin Hodgson, PPEM and Brad Coates, USDA: “Restoring Pyrethroid Susceptibility Among Resistant Soybean Aphids”

Alison Robertson, PI, PPEM: “Under Pressure: The Role of Partial Resistance in Soybean on Pathotype Diversity in Phytophthora sojae”

Danny Singh, PI, agronomy and co-PIs Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, mechanical engineering (ME), Daren Mueller, PPEM, Matt O’Neal, PPEM, Supratim Sarkar, ME, Arti Singh, agronomy and Greg Tylka, PPEM: “Breeding High Yielding Soybean Cultivars for Iowa Farmers”

Michelle Soupir, PI, ABE and co-PIs Daniel Andersen, Natasha Hoover and Rameshwar Kanwar, ABE and Marshall McDaniel, agronomy: “Integrated Agricultural Systems to Promote Soil Health and Environmental Resilience”

Greg Tylka, PI, PPEM: “Evaluating SCN-resistant Soybean Varieties and Nematode-protectant Seed Treatments to Increase Profitability for Iowa Soybean Farmers”

Each project will be entered into the National Soybean Checkoff Research Database where readers can learn about the project researchers, budget, objectives and experimental plan as well as read semi-annual progress report and final results including how farmers will benefit from the work.