Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2010 to 2014

Authors

Tom W. Allen, Delta Research and Extension Center
Carl A. Bradley, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center
Adam J. Sisson, Iowa State University
Emmanuel Byamukama, South Dakota State University
Martin I. Chilvers, Michigan State University
Cliff M. Coker, University of Arkansas at Monticello
Alyssa A. Collins, Pennsylvania State University
John P. Damicone, Oklahoma State University
Anne E. Dorrance, The Ohio State University
Nicholas S. Dufault, University of Florida
Paul D. Esker, Universidad de Costa Rica
Travis R. Faske, University of Arkansas
Loren J. Giesler, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Arvydas P. Grybauskas, University of Maryland, College Park
Donald E. Hershman, University of Kentucky Research and Education Center
Clayton A. Hollier, Louisiana State University
Tom Isakeit, Texas A&M University
Douglas J. Jardine, Kansas State University
Heather M. Kelly, University of Tennessee
Robert C. Kemerait, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Athens Campus
Nathan M. Kleczewski, University of Delaware
Steve R. Koenning, NC State University
James E. Kurle, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Dean K. Malvick, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Samuel G. Markell, North Dakota State University
Hillary L. Mehl, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Daren S. Mueller, Iowa State University
John D. Mueller, Clemson University
Robert P. Mulrooney, University of Delaware
Berlin D. Nelson, North Dakota State University
Melvin A. Newman, University of Tennessee
Larry Osborne, Pioneer Hi-Bred International
Charles Overstreet, Louisiana State University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Abstract

Annual decreases in soybean (Glycine max L. Merrill) yield caused by diseases were estimated by surveying university-affiliated plant pathologists in 28 soybean-producing states in theUnitedStates and in Ontario, Canada, from 2010 through 2014. Estimated yield losses from each disease varied greatly by state or province and year. Over the duration of this survey, soybean cyst nematode (SCN) (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) was estimated to have caused more than twice as much yield loss than any other disease. Seedling diseases (caused by various pathogens), charcoal rot (caused by Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid), and sudden death syndrome (SDS) (caused by Fusarium virguliforme O'Donnell & T. Aoki) caused the next greatest estimated yield losses, in descending order. The estimated mean economic loss due to all soybean diseases, averaged across U.S. states and Ontario from 2010 to 2014, was $60.66 USD per acre. Results from this survey will provide scientists, breeders, governments, and educators with soybean yield-loss estimates to help inform and prioritize research, policy, and educational efforts in soybean pathology and disease management.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Plant Health Progress

First Page

19

Last Page

27

Recommended Citation

Allen, T., Bradley, C., Sisson, A., Byamukama, E., Chilvers, M., Coker, C., Collins, A., Damicone, J., Dorrance, A., Dufault, N., Esker, P., Faske, T., Giesler, L., Grybauskas, A., Hershman, D., Hollier, C., Isakeit, T., Jardine, D., Kelly, H., Kemerait, R., Kleczewski, N., Koenning, S., Kurle, J., Malvick, D., Markell, S., Mehl, H., Mueller, D., Mueller, J., Mulrooney, R., Nelson, B., Newman, M., Osborne, L., & Overstreet, C. (2017). Soybean yield loss estimates due to diseases in the United States and Ontario, Canada, from 2010 to 2014. Plant Health Progress, 18 (1), 19-27. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-RS-16-0066