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Insects Feeding on Soybean Leaves

Posted on August 3, 2012 (April 22, 2016) by Tracey Baute

Note: This post was originally published in July of 2010, but once again in 2012 there are reports of Japanese beetles feeding on soybeans. In particular it would be worthwhile to go and click on the article below that shows what the leaf feeding insects look like along with threshold values. There are quite few […]

Soybean Leaf Feeding

Posted on June 4, 2012 (April 22, 2016) by Horst Bohner

Early-season leaf feeding before the 3rd trifoliate can look serious because plants are small. However, soybeans can compensate for large amounts of leaf loss with little impact on yield. Soybeans will put on new leaves quickly at the top of the plant and unaffected leaves actually grow larger to compensate. Before the plants begin to […]