COOPERATIVE REGIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT
SOUTHERN REGION
PROJECT NUMBER: S-282

SOYBEAN DISEASE LOSS ESTIMATES

 

Table 2. Soybean Disease Loss Estimates 1992-1994, for the Soutern United States.

  1992 1993 1994
Disease % Loss Tons x 105 Lost % Loss Tons x 105 Lost % Loss Tons x 105 Lost
Soybean cyst 2.50 4.62 2.50 3.34 2.34 3.77
Root-knot and ectoparasites 1.92 1.25 1.77 0.92 1.64 1.15
Root, stem rots 1.04 0.48 1.27 1.65 1.08 1.08
Anthracnose 0.84 0.65 0.79 0.62 0.80 0.63
Diaporthe P & S 0.79 0.70 0.59 0.54 0.67 0.64
Cercospora purple seed stain 0.74 0.76 0.35 0.27 0.38 0.42
Charcoal rot 0.57 1.22 1.03 2.44 0.65 1.84

Data from J. A. Wrather et al., 1995.  Plant Disease 79:1076-1079.  Sixteen states represented. Tonnage is metric tons x 105. One metric ton of soybeans was worth $221 in 1994.

 

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