At its June and September 2024 board meetings, the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA) approved funding for 12 research projects at Iowa State, which are:

Thomas Baum, PI, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology: “Translating Basic Research Knowledge into Soybean Resistance to the Soybean Cyst Nematode”

Madan Bhattacharyya, PI, agronomy: “Bioengineering of an NLR Gene for Creating Robust SDS Resistance in Soybean”

Michael Castellano, PI, agronomy, co-PIs Sotirios Archontoulis, agronomy, Melissa Miller, agronomy and Joe McClure, ISA: “Soybean Nitrogen Fertility for High-yielding Soybeans Following High-yielding Corn and Winter Cereal Rye Cover Crops”

Katherine Kral-O'Brien, PI, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology and co-PI Matt O'Neal, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology: “Identifying Pollinators and Resource Use in Corn-Soybean Based Crop Rotations”

Mark Licht, principal investigator (PI), agronomy and co-PI Fernando Marcos: “Amplifying ISA Investment through National Collaborative Research”        

Mark Licht, PI, agronomy and co-PI Daren Mueller, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology: “Early Planting and Maturity Group Dynamics for Soybean Yield Enhancement in Iowa”

Marshall McDaniel, PI, agronomy and co-PI Asheesh “Danny” Singh, agronomy: “Do Soil Health Promoting Practices Make Soybean Production More Climate Resilient?”

Daren Mueller, PI, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology and co-PIs Mark Licht, agronomy and Edgar Neito-Lopez, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology: “Soybean Disease Management: Foliar Fungicides, Biological Fungicides, and Fungicide Resistance” 

Pranav Shrotriya, PI, mechanical engineering and co-PIs Olga Zabotina, biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology and Asheesh “Danny” Singh, agronomy: “Electrochemical Impedance Based 4D Mapping of Soybean Plant Root and Growth”

Asheesh “Danny” Singh, PI, agronomy and co-PIs Arti Singh, agronomy, Daren Mueller, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, mechanical engineering, Soumik Sarkar, mechanical engineering, Matt O'Neal, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology and Greg Tylka, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology: “Breeding High Yielding Soybean Cultivars for Iowa Farmers”

Greg Tylka, PI, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology: “Improving Profitability for Iowa Soybean Farmers with In-field Evaluations of SCN-resistant Soybean Varieties and Seed Treatments”

Steve Whitham, PI, plant pathology, entomology and microbiology and co-PIs Madan Bhattacharyya, agronomy and Bing Yang, plant science and technology, University of Missouri: “The Soybean Genome Editing Toolbox - Improving Disease Resistance and Drought Tolerance”   

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