Through research, the Department of Crop Sciences has been working to help farmers control waterhemp; develop rust resistant soybean lines; and evaluate the problems relating to the increasing soybean cyst nematode population in Illinois.
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Growers in Illinois suffer more than $250 million in yield losses every year due to soybean cyst nematodes (SCN), according to a recent survey conducted by researchers from the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois.
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are moving ahead with efforts to develop soybean lines with resistance to soybean rust through a grant from the United Soybean Board.
Weed scientists in the Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois have recently published the results from a study on a unique population of waterhemp that shows resistance to three classes of herbicides once effective for management of waterhemp in corn and soybean fields.