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June 3, 2011 - Issue 9Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/pestcrop/index.html
I n T h i s I s s u e
Insects, Mites, and Nematodes • CutwormsChewingThroughTechnology • BlackLightTrapCatchReport
Weeds • CoverCropsandtheCornandSoybeanHerbicide
RotationRestrictions
Plant Diseases • EarlyFungicideApplicationsinCorn • AreLate-PlantedSoybeansatRiskforSoybean
Rust?
Agronomy Tips• EffectsofFloodingorPondingonYoungCorn
• ThoughtsonLatePlantingofSoybean • AssessingAvailableNitrogenfromFall-andSpring-
AppliedNitrogenApplications
Weather Update • TemperatureAccumulations
I n s e c t s , M i t e s , A n d N e m a t o d e s
Cutworms Chewing Through Technology–(Christian Krupke and John Obermeyer)
•Cutwormsareabundant,especiallywhereweedswereplentifulbeforeplanting.
•Aspredicted,seedinsecticidesand/orBtcornareNOTcontrollingsevereinfestations.
Numerous reports have been received of emergingcornbeingdamagedbycutworms.Asmentioned inprevi-ousPest&Crop issues (#4, 5, 6, 8 <http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/pestcrop/2011/index.html>), the seed-appliedinsecticidesand/orBttraitedcornwillonlyprovidesuppres-sionofcutworms.Withtheseveredamagesomefieldsarereportedlyreceiving,itisobviousthatproducerswereneg-ligent in scouting fields after emergence to determine theneedforrescuefoliarinsecticides.
Blackcutwormisnottheonlyspeciesofcutwormpres-entanddamagingfields.Many reportsof claybackedcut-wormhavebeenreceivedaswell.Thisspeciesoverwintersasapartiallygrown larva, so it is largerwhen thecorn isemerging,comparedwithblackcutworms,whichbegintheir
annual Indianacycleaseggs in thespring.What’s impor-tant is that larger larvae,≥0.5 inch,arenot controlledbyBtproteinsexpressedinHerculexandSmartStax.Produc-ersareunhappilyfindingoutthatblackcutwormistheonlyspecies labeled for control with these traited-seeds, and
CutplantsandpulledunderleavesbyBCWlarvae
Pest&Crop No. 9 June 3, 2011 • Page 2
rescuetreatmentsareontheirtab.Aswe’velearnedinthepastandhearingagainthisspring,theseed-appliedinsec-ticides (e.g.,Cruiser,Poncho)provideonlysuppressionofcutworms.They likelydoafine jobofsuppressing light tomoderateinfestations,butsevereinfestationsareNOTcon-trolled,evenbythehigherrate.
TwowiltingplantsfromundergroundBCWfeeding
Controlmaybeneeded if3-5%of theseedlingshaveobvious foliar feeding and/or plant cutting and live larvaecanbefoundwhilediggingarounddamagedplants.Higherlabel ratesof insecticides shouldbe considered if the soilsurfaceiscrustyandmostcutwormactivityisbelowground.Foralistingoffoliarinsecticidesforrescuecontrol,referto“CornInsectControlRecommendations–2011,”whichcanbe viewed by clicking <http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-219.pdf>.
BCWlarvanexttocutplant
Black Light Trap Catch Report - (John Obermeyer)
County/Cooperator
5/17/11 - 5/23/11 5/24/11 - 5/30/11
VC BCW ECB SWCB CEW FAW AW VC BCW ECB SWCB CEW FAW AW
Dubois/SIPACAgCenter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Jennings/SEPACAgCenter 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
Knox/SWPACAgCenter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
LaPorte/PinneyAgCenter 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Lawrence/FeldunAgCenter 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Randolph/DavisAgCenter 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Tippecanoe/TPACAgCenter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Whitley/NEPACAgCenter 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
VC=VariegatedCutworm,BCW=BlackCutworm,ECB=EuropeanCornBorer,SWCB=SouthwesternCornBorer,CEW=CornEarworm,FAW=FallArmyworm,AW=Armyworm
Pest&Crop No. 9 June 3, 2011 • Page 3
W e e d sCover Crops and the Corn and Soybean Herbicide
Rotation Restrictions–(Bill Johnson and Glenn Nice)
Therehasbeenanincreasedinterestintheuseofcovercrops.Thebenefitsofusingcovercropsarewellreported.TheMidwest CoverCropsCouncil lists them as reducingsoil erosion and increase nutrient recycling on farmlands[Midwest Cover Crop Council].Theyalsostatethatsomeoftheotherbenefitsareimprovingsoilquality,fertilitymanage-ment, landscape diversification, and wildlife habitat. How-ever,therearesomechallengestogrowingacovercropinfieldswherecornandsoybeanaregrown.
Oneof thechallengesofcovercropsthat if theydon’twinterkilland theyhave tobechemicallyormechanicallycontrolledinthespringbeforeplantingcornorsoybean.Insomecases theyarecontrolledwellenoughwitha typicalburndownherbicideprogramthatwouldbeusedtocontrolawinterannualweeds.Occasionallyduetocoolwetenviron-mentalconditions,lateapplicationtiming,orcontaminationofseed theburndowndoesnotgetcompletelycontrol thecovercropinthespring.
Onequestionthathasbeenbroughtupinrecentcovercropsituationsisreplanttimingwhencovercropsareplantedaftertheuseofresidualherbicidesusedincornorsoybean.Thereareseveralplantspeciesbeingpromotedfortheuseofcovercrops.Someoftheplantsincludeannualryegrass,wheat,buckwheat,clovers,radish,cowpeaandvetch.Infor-mationregardingeffectsorcornandsoybeanherbicidesonthesespeciesissomewhatlacking.Herbicidelabelrotationrestrictionsoftenrequiresubstantialwaitingperiodsbeforethe cover crop canbeplanted.Thesewaitingperiodsaretoassurethatresidualeffectsfromtheherbicidedonotim-pactthefollowingcropnegatively.Inmanycasesrotationalworkhasbeendonetoattainthesewaitingperioddurations.However,insomecasesplantsusedascovercropsfallun-derthe‘other’or‘notlisted’categoryrequiringthemaximumdurationbeforeplanting.This isoftennotbasedonactualworktoascertainthisinformation,butbecausetheworkhasnotbeendoneanditisalwaysbettertobesafethansorryandthelabelsarewrittentoprotecttheuserfromdamagingthecovercrop.
InrecentcommunicationswiththeOfficeoftheIndianaStateChemistthequestionwasbroughtup.Theinterpreta-tionofthelabelis,ifthecovercropisnotharvested,usedas feed for livestockorsold inanywayand that thecovercropisterminatedintheappropriatemanner,thattherota-tionrestrictiondoesnotapply.However,becausethecom-panysellingtheherbicidedoesnotrecommendorapprovearotationotherthantheoneslistedonthelabel,thecompanysellingtheherbicideisnotliableforanyinjuryorgerminationproblemsseeninthecovercrop.
Purdueispresentlyworkingonastudythatwilllookatsomecovercropspeciesresponsetosomeofthecommoncornandsoybeanherbicides.Lookforafuturearticlewiththatdata.
Thetableonthenextpagelistsseveralherbicidesusedincornandsoybeanandtheirrotationrestrictionstoafewoftheplantsusedascovercrops.Remember,failuretofollowlabelscanleadtopossibleinjuryofdesiredplants.
Pest&Crop No. 9 June 3, 2011 • Page 4
Examples of rotation restrictions of several corn and soybean herbicides and a few of the plants used as cover crops in months. See footnote for cover crops.
Herbicide Crop 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Comments
atrazine NY NY NY NY NY NY NY NY IfnotappliedafterJune10,donotplantthefollowingyear.TakenfromtheAatrexlabel.Injurymayoccur.
Authority First -Soybeansulfentrazone+cloransulam
12 4 30 30 30 12 12 30 Cropsnotlisedare30months.
Autority MTZ-Soybeansulfen-trazone+metribuzin
18 4 18 18 18 18 18 18 Cropsnotlistedare18months.
Balance Flexx -Cornisoxiflu-tole
12 4 30 30 30 12 12 30 Cropsnotlistedare30months.
Capreno-Cornthiencarbazone+tembotrione
18 4 18 18 18 18 18 18 Springoatscanbeplanted10monthsafterapplication.Rotationrestrictionsof18monthsrequire30inchesofprecipation.
Callisto-Cornmesotrione 18 4 18 18 18 18 18 18 Cropsnotlistedare18months.Grassesgrownforseedcanbeplantedimmedi-ately,butannualryegrassisnotdirectlyaddressed.
Canopy DF -Soybeanchlo-rimuron+metribuzin
18 4 18 18 18 18 18 18 Barleycanbeplanted4monthsafterapplication.Cropsnotlistedare30months.
Canopy EX -Soybeanchlo-rimuron+tribenuron
30 3 12 30 30 3 9 30 Cropsnotlistedare30months.
Dual II Magnum-CornSoy-beanS-metolachlor
4.5 4.5 9 N/A N/A 4.5 N/A Spr Clovermaybeseededin9months.Toavoidinjurytoclover,donotapplymorethan1.9lb.ai/A(2pts./A).Donotmakeanypostapplications.
FirstRate-Soybeancloran-sulam
18 4 18 18 18 9 9 18 Barleycanbeplantedin12months.Cropsnotlistedare18months.
Flexstar -Soybeanformesafen 18 4 18 18 18 4 10 18 Cerealryecanbeplantedin4months.
Prefix -SoybenS-metolachlor+formesafen
4.5 4.5 18 18 18 4.5 18 18 Cropsnotlistedare18months.
Valor XLT-Cornflumioxazin+chlorimuron
4 4 18 30 30 30 30 30 Cropsnotlistedare30months.
1=Annualryegrass;2=Wheat;3=Clover;4=Vetch;5=Radish;6=Oats;7=Cowpea;8=Buckwheat;NY=NextYear;Spr=Spring
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P l a n t D i s e a s e s
Early Fungicide Applications in Corn – (Kiersten Wise)
Earlyfungicideapplicationsareanewtrendinfieldcornproduction,andarereportedtoincreaseyieldevenintheab-senceofsignificantdiseaseoradiseasethreat.Thetimingofanearly fungicidespraycoincideswithpost-emergenceherbicide applications, making them easier and possiblycheapertoapplythanlaterfungicideapplicationsthattargetthetasseling(VT)growthstage. However, there isnotanextensiveamountofreplicatedresearchthatshowsacon-sistentyieldbenefitfromearlyfungicideapplicationstocorn.
In2010,weestablishedseveraltrialsattheAgronomyCenterforResearchandEducation(ACRE),andtheThrock-morton PurdueAgricultural Center (TPAC) in TippecanoeCounty, IN. Wecomparedtheyieldbenefitsofearly, late,anddoubleapplicationsoffungicidestonon-treatedcontrols(Figure1).Inthesetrials,wedidnotseeaneconomicben-efitfromanearlyfungicideapplication.
Figure1.2010responseofearlyfungicideapplicationsincorninTippecanoeCounty,IN.Valueswereaveragedacrossallfungicidestestedateachapplicationtimingineachofthreeexperimentsconductedatthislocation.Dis-easeseverityintheuntreatedcontroldidexceed1%onthe
earleaf(atR4)inanyexperiment.LSD(0.05)=NS.
ItisimportanttorememberthataV4-V6applicationoffungicidetocornwillnotprotecttheearleaforabovefromdiseasethatdevelopsaroundtasseling.Producersmaybeconcernedaboutfoliardiseaseslikeanthracnoseleafblight(caused by the fungusColletotrichum graminicola), whichcanbepresent in youngcorn.Typically, symptomsof thisdiseaseareconfinedto lower leavesthroughoutthegrow-ingseason,anddonottypicallyrequiremanagement.Pro-ducerswhohavefieldsoffloodedorpondedcornmayalsobeconcernedaboutthediseasecrazytop,whichiscausedbythefungusSclerophthora macrospora.Thisdiseasecan
Figure2.Deformed,proliferatingtasselsareacommonsymptomofcrazytopincorn.Thediseaseisrarelyyield-
limiting.(Picture courtesy G. Shaner)
deform tassels and leaf tissue (Figure 2), but symptomsmaynotbenoticeableuntil later in the season. Althoughthisdiseasecancausestrikingsymptoms, itrarelycausessignificantyieldlosses,andfoliarfungicidesarenotlabeledforcontrolof thisdisease.Producers thinking about ap-plying foliar fungicides at early growth stages of corn to improve the health of stressed or damaged corn should consider that past research indicates that the most con-sistent yield advantage from a fungicide application oc-curs when fungicides are applied in response to a high risk of disease development at VT-R1.Hybridsusceptibil-ity,previouscrop,andweatherconditionspriortotasselingstrongly influencediseasedevelopment,and these factorsshouldbeconsideredbeforedecidingtoapplyafungicide.
Pest&Crop No. 9 June 3, 2011 • Page 6
Are Late-Planted Soybeans at Risk for Soybean Rust?–(Kiersten Wise)
The 2011 planting season has not gone smoothly formany Indiana producers, with only 25% of the intendedsoybeanacreageinthegroundasofFriday(USDANASS).ThisputstheIndianasoybeancropabout2-3weeksbehindtheaveragedevelopmentschedule,andtherearequestionsabout if thisyear’ssoybeancrop isatgreaterriskforsoy-beanrustduetothelateplanting.Juneplantedsoybeanswill be at a younger growth stageandpossibly at risk foryield loss from soybean rust should spores of the fungusthatcausessoybeanrust(Phakopsora pachyrhizi)reachIn-dianainAugustorSeptember.However,thelikelihoodthatdiseasewillestablishandcauseyieldlossinIndianain2011dependsonmany factors, includingweather patterns andthelevelofdiseasethatdevelopsthroughouttheyearinthesouthernU.S.
Soybean rusthasbeenslow todevelop in theU.S. in
2011duetodroughtconditionsinmostsouthernstates(Fig-ure1).Thismeans that there iscurrentlya lowamountofdiseasedkudzuthatcanserveassourceofsporesforsoy-beaninfectionandthenorthwardmovementofthedisease.Weather conditions will dictate how quickly the diseaseprogressesinsouthernstates,andsentinelplotsareestab-lished in theseareas tomonitor themovementof thedis-ease.Indianaalsohassoybeanplotsthatcanbeobservedforsoybeanrustshouldthediseasemovenorthatacriticalpointinthegrowingseason.
Sincesoybean rustwasfirstdiscovered in theU.S. in2004,IndianaandmuchoftheMidwesthavebeensparedfromsoybeanrustoutbreaks thatcouldresult inyield lossdue to the late northwardmovement and development ofthedisease.However,producersthatareconcernedaboutsoybean rusthaveseveraloptions tostay informedof theriskofsoybeanrustinIndiana:
1.Soybeanrustdevelopmentcanbe trackedusingtheipmPIPEwebsite<http://www.sbrusa.net>.Observa-tionsofsoybeandiseasesandfungicidesprayadvisoriesspecifictoIndianacanbeaccessedbyselectingtheout-lineofthestateofIndianaonthenationalmap.
2.IndianasoybeanproducerscansubscribetotheIn-dianasoybeandiseaseupdatelistserve,at<https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/indiana-soybean-update>.ThisemailalertservicewillprovideconvenientandtimelyupdatesonsoybeandiseasemonitoringinIndiana,andalsoprovideinformationonfungicidesprayapplicationsifsoybeanrustreachesIndianaatacriticaltimeduringthegrowingseason.
3.PurdueUniversitywillcontinuetomaintainatoll-free soybeandiseasehotline,which is updatedweeklybeginning in late June.Thephonenumber is866-458-RUST(7878).
4.UpdatedcommentaryontheriskofsoybeanrustandothersoybeandiseaseswillbereleasedinthePestandCropnewsletterastheseasondevelops.
Figure1.CurrentstatusofsoybeanrustinNorthAmeri-ca.(ipmPIPEwebsite;<http://www.sbrusa.net>)
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A g r o n o m y T i p sEffects of Flooding or Ponding on Young Corn –
(Bob Nielsen)
Recent intense rainfall events (technically referred toas “toad stranglers” or “goose drownders”) have causedfloodingoflow-lyingcornfieldsorpondinginpoorlydrainedswaleswithinfields.Otherareaswithinfields,whilenottech-nicallyfloodedorponded,mayremainsaturatedforlengthyperiods of time.What are the prospects for recently sub-mergedcornfields?
Thesarcasticanswer is thatfloodedcropswillsurviveuntiltheydie.WhatImeantosayisthatnoonecantellyouwithcertaintythedayafterthestormwhetherapondedareaofacornfieldwillsurviveorwhethertherewillbelong-termyieldconsequencesuntilenoughtimehasgonebysuchthatyoucanassesstheactualrecoveryofthedamagedplants.Wecan,however,talkaboutthefactorsthatincreaseorde-creasetherisksofseveredamageordeathtofloodedsoils.
• Plants thatarecompletelysubmerged isathigherriskthanthosethatarepartiallysubmerged.
oPlants that are only partially submergedmaycontinuetophotosynthesize,albeitatlim-itedrates.
• Thelongeranarearemainsponded,thehighertheriskofplantdeath.
oMost agronomists believe that young corncansurviveuptoabout4daysofoutrightpond-ingiftemperaturesarerelativelycool(mid-60’sF or cooler); fewer days if temperatures arewarm(mid-70’s°Forwarmer).
oSoil oxygen is depleted within about 48hours of soil saturation.Without oxygen, theplants cannot perform critical life sustaining
functions;e.g.nutrientandwateruptakeisim-pairedandrootgrowthisinhibited.
• Even if surface water subsides quickly, the likeli-hoodofdensesurfacecrustsformingasthesoildriesincreases the risk of emergence failure for recentlyplantedcrops.
oBepreparedwitharotaryhoetobreakupthecrustandaidemergence.
• Thegreaterthedepositionofmudoroldcropresi-duesonplantsasthewatersubsides,thegreaterthestressontheplantsduetoreducedphotosynthesis.
o Ironically,suchsituationswouldbenefitfromanotherrainfalleventtowashthemuddepos-itsfromtheleaves.
• CornyoungerthanaboutV6(sixfullyexposedleafcollars)ismoresusceptibletopondingdamagethaniscornolderthanV6.
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oThis is partly because young plants aremoreeasilysubmergedthanoldertallerplantsand partly because the corn plant’s growingpointremainsbelowgrounduntilaboutV6.Thehealth of the growing point can be assessedinitially by splitting stalks and visually exam-ining the lower portion of the stem (Nielsen,2008a).Within3 to5daysafterwaterdrainsfromthepondedarea,lookfortheappearanceoffreshleavesfromthewhorlsoftheplants.
• ExtendedperiodsofsaturatedsoilsAFTERthesur-facewater subsideswill take their toll on the overallvigorofthecrop.
• Somerootdeathwilloccurandnewrootgrowthwillbe stunteduntil the soil dries to acceptablemoisturecontents.Asaresult,plantsmaybesubjecttogreaterinjuryduringasubsequentlydrysummerdue to theirrestrictedrootsystems.
• Concomitant(Ifoundanewwordinthedictionary!)withthedirectstressofsaturatedsoilsonacorncrop,flooding and ponding can cause significant losses ofsoil nitrogendue todenitrificationand leachingof ni-trateN.
oSignificantlossofsoilNwillcausenitrogendeficienciesandpossibleadditionalyieldloss.
oOn the other hand, if the corn dies in thepondedareasitprobablydoesnotmatterhowmuchnitrogenyou’velost.
• Lengthyperiodsofwetsoilconditionsfavorthede-velopmentofseedlingblightdiseases,especiallythosecausedbyPythiumfungi(Sweets,2008).
oPoorly drainedareasof fieldsaremost atriskforthedevelopmentofthesediseasesandsowillalsoberiskyforpotentialreplantopera-tions.
• Certaindiseases,suchascommonsmutandcrazytop, may also become greater risks due to floodingandcooltemperatures(PatakyandSnetselaar,2006;Sweets,2011).
oThefungusthatcausescrazytopdependsonsaturatedsoilconditionstoinfectcornseed-lings.
oThecommonsmutfungalorganismisubiq-uitousinsoilsandcaninfectyoungcornplantsthroughtissuedamagedbyfloodwaters.Thereis limited hybrid resistance to either of thesetwodiseasesandpredictingdamageisdifficultuntillaterinthegrowingseason.
Related References
Butzen,Steve.Flooding ImpactonCrops.PioneerHi-Bred Int’l. [On-line].Available at <http://www.pioneer.com/home/site/us/template.CONTENT/agronomy/crop-man-agement/adverse-weather-disease/flood-damage/guid.DE1A9B1D-CAC0-4A04-B9CC-E0820B29080A> [URL ac-cessedMay2011].
Elmore,RogerandLoriAbendroth.2008.FloodedCornandSaturatedSoils.IntegratedCropManagementNewslet-ter,IowaStateUnivExtension.[On-line].Availableat<http://www.extension.iastate.edu/CropNews/2008/0530RogerElmoreLori+Abendroth.htm>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Farnham,Dale.1999.Cornsurvival inwetconditions.Iowa State Univ. Integrated Crop Management Newslet-ter. [On-line] Available at <http://www.ent.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/1999/5-24-1999/wetcorn.html> [URL accessed May2011].
Hager,Aaron. 2011.ReplantingCorn:How toControlPlantsfromtheInitialPlanting.theBulletin,Univ.ofIllinoisExtension.[On-line].Availableat<http://bulletin.ipm.illinois.edu/article.php?id=1480>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Nielsen,RL (Bob). 2008a.GrowingPoints of Interest.CornyNewsNetwork,PurdueUniv. [On-Line].Availableat<http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/GrowingPoints.html>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Nielsen,RL(Bob).2008b.TipsforStagingCornwithSe-vereLeafDamage.CornyNewsNetwork,PurdueUniv.[On-Line].Available at <http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/VStagingTips.html>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Nielsen,RL(Bob).2008c.UseThermalTimetoPredictLeaf Stage Development in Corn. Corny News Network,PurdueUniv. [On-Line].Available at <http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/VStagePrediction.html> [URL accessedMay2011].
Nielsen,RL(Bob).2010.DeterminingCornLeafStages.CornyNewsNetwork,PurdueUniv. [On-Line].Availableat<http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/VStageMethods.html>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Owen, Mike. 2008a. Replant Options in Corn Fields.IntegratedCropManagementNewsletter, IowaStateUnivExtension. [On-line].Available at <http://www.extension.ia-state.edu/CropNews/2008/0531MikeOwen2.htm> [URL ac-cessedMay2011].
Owen, Mike. 2008b. Replanting Corn – How Do YouGet Rid of the Existing Stand? Integrated Crop Man-agement Newsletter, Iowa State Univ Extension. [On-line]. Available at <http://www.extension.iastate.edu/CropNews/2008/0531MikeOwen.htm>[URLaccessedMay2011].
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Pataky, J. K., and K. M. Snetselaar. 2006. Commonsmutofcorn.ThePlantHealthInstructor.DOI:10.1094/PHI-I-2006-0927-01 [On-line] Available at <http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/Basidiomycetes/Pages/CornSmut.aspx>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Sweets,Laura.2008.SeedDecayandSeedlingBlightsofCorn. IntegratedPest&CropManagementNewsletter,Univ of Missouri Extension. [On-line].Available at <http://ppp.missouri.edu/newsletters/ipcm/archives/fullissue/v18n9.pdf>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Sweets,Laura.2011.CrazyTopofCorn.IntegratedPest& Crop Management Newsletter, Univ of Missouri Exten-sion. [On-line].Available at <http://ppp.missouri.edu/news-letters/ipcm/archives/fullissue/v21n9.pdf> [URL accessedMay2011].
Thomison, Peter. 2010. Injury to Corn from PondingandSaturatedSoils.C.O.R.N.Newsletter,OhioStateEx-tension.[On-line].Availableat<http://corn.osu.edu/newslet-ters/2010/2010-11/injury-to-corn-from-ponding-and-saturat-ed-soils/?searchterm=ponding>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Thoughts on Late Planting of Soybean –(Shaun N. Casteel)
Thisplantingseasonisgoingdownintherecordbooksas one of the wettest and one of the slowest for Indianaandtheeasterncornbelt.AsofMay22nd,only17%oftheintendedsoybeanacreswereplantedacrossIndianawiththemajorityinthenorthwesternandwest-centralareas(USDA-NASS,2011).Weareapproximatelytwoweeksbehindthefive-yearaverageandnearlyfourweeksbehindlastyear’s
Late Planting of Soybean
Figure1.Indianasoybeanplantingprogressin2011(USDA-NASS,2011).
furious pace (Figure 1). Soybean planting progress nearthiscalendardaywas25%in2009,38%in2008,and19%in 2002. The current planting progress is mirroring 2009growingseasonuptothispoint(Figure2).
Figure2.LatesoybeanplantingsinIndianafrom1997to2010(USDA-NASS,2011).
Late Planting Effects. Icertainlypreachtheimportanceof timely plantings to maximize yields, which is normallywithinthefirstthreeweeksofMayforIndiana.Twobenefitsoftheseplantingsincludegreaternodedevelopmentpriortofloweringandquickercanopytocapturesunlightandshadeoutweeds.Theyieldpotentialcanbereducedasplantingisdelayed,butitisnotaguaranteethatyieldswillbelower.Delayedplantingprobablycontributedtothelowstateyieldsin 2002 (41.5 bu/acre) and in 2008 (45.0 bu/acre), whichwere nearly 7% and 4% BELOW the annual yield trend.However Indiana averaged 49.0 bu/acre in 2009, whichwas3%ABOVEtheannualyieldtrend.Favorableseedfillperiod in 2009 allowed many soybeans to increase seedsize to compensate for fewer nodes and thus, yield well.Approximately33%ofsoybeanyielddepartureswererelatedtothedateatwhichhalfofthesoybeanacreswereplantedin Indiana (Figure3)which isslightlyhigher than isnotedfor corn (Nielsen, 2011). Soybeans trip their reproductive
Figure3.Departurefromsoybeanyieldtrendbasedon50%plantingdatesinIndiana(USDA-NASS,2011).
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trigger(flowering)asthedaylengthshortens,whichoccursmuchquickerwithdelayedplantings(Figure4)andpartiallyexplainsthegreatereffecttosoybeanovercorn.
Figure4.NumberofdaysfromplantingtoreachR1(FirstBloom)inWestLafayette.
Tips When Planting Soybeans Late. We need setthe stage for the best possible return on late plantings ofsoybean. Planting in the first weeks of June require 10to 20% increase in seeding rates to facilitate quicker rowclosureandhigherpodheightwithfewerdaystoflowering.Increasedseedingrateswillalsobeneededinthosefieldsthat have heavy corn residue and weed biomass (seeCasteel,2011formyseedingratediscussion).Late-plantedsoybeansshouldalsobeplantedinnarrowrowstohastenthe time to rowclosure.Wide rows (30-in) takenearly 25days longer and 40 days longer to canopy compared to15-inand7.5-inrows,respectively.Thisdelaywillcertainlydecreasetheyieldpotentialascanopyclosurewouldoccurwell after reproductive initiation. Full-season varieties foryourrespectiveregionsshouldbeplanteduntilJune15forthenorthernquarter,June20forthecentralhalf,andJune25for thesouthernquarterof Indiana.Varietiesshouldbedroppedahalfmaturitygroupafterthesedatesandplantedforanothertwoweeksbeforeweconsiderotheralternatives.
References:
Casteel, S.N. 2011. Fine-tune soybean seedingrates during chilly and wet spring. [On-line]. Availableat <http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/soybean/Arrivals/2011_0421SOYSeedRate.pdf>[URLaccessedMay2011].
Nielsen, R.L. 2011. Corn planting date is important,but…[On-line].Availableat<http://www.kingcorn.org/news/timeless/PltDateCornYld.html>[URLaccessedMay2011].
USDA-NASS. 2011. Crop Progress and Condition.USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. [On-line].Available at <http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/MannUsda/viewDocumentInfo.do?documentID=1048> [URL accessedApr2011].
Assessing Available Nitrogen from Fall- and Spring-Applied Nitrogen Applications - (Jim Camberato, Bob Nielsen, and Brad Joern)
Excessiverainfallandfloodinginearlytolatespringcanresult in the lossofsome fall-andspring-appliednitrogen(N).BothoftheseNformsaresubjecttoleachingthroughthesoilintotiledrainsorgroundwater.Inaddition,thenitrateformofNcanconvertedtoseveralgaseousformsandlostto theatmosphere fromdeepwithin thesoilbyabacterialprocesscalleddenitrification.Unfortunately,nomatterwhatformofNwasaddedtothesoilitwilleventuallybecomeni-trate.CalendartimesinceNapplicationandspringtempera-turesinfluencetheextenttowhichbothfall-andspring-ap-pliedNconverttothenitrateform.ManyfactorsaffecthowmuchNislostfromsoil,thereforeitisdifficulttoaccuratelyestimate theamountofN loss thatmayhaveoccurredbyanypointintime.OneoftheviableoptionstoestimatetheamountofremainingsoilNistoconsidersoilsamplingandanalysisforthenitrateandammoniumformsofN.
Soil sampling strategies
Collect soil cores for soilN analyses to a depth of atleast1foot.Whereearlier-appliedfertilizerNwasbroadcastratherthanbanded,collect20to30soilcorespersample.Where earlier-applied fertilizerNwas banded (e.g., anhy-drousammonia),collect15to20soilcoresusingthesam-pling scheme illustrated inFigure1.Consider collectingaseparate deeper soil sample from between 1- and 2-footdeepforamorecompleteassessmentofplantavailableN,especiallyinsandysoilswhereleachingthroughthesoilpro-fileisthepredominantformofNloss.
TIP: One sample should represent no more than 10 acres.
Sample handling
DryorrefrigeratethesoilsamplesassoonaspossibletostopthesoilmicrobesfromalteringtheNlevels.Spreadthesoilthinlyonplastictoairdryandhastendryingwithafanifpossible.Ifyouchoosetouseanoventodrythesoil,keep the temperaturebelow250F.Alternatively refrigeratethe samples and keep them cold through shipping to thelaboratory.Alistofcertifiedsoiltestinglaboratoriesisavail-able at <http://www.ag.purdue.edu/agry/extension/Pages/soil-testing-labs.aspx>.MostshouldoffersoilNtestanalysisservices,butcontactthemfirsttoconfirm.
Soil-test laboratory analyses
AmmoniumN(NH4-N)isjustasavailabletoplantsasis
nitrateN(NO3-N),buttypicallylittleaccumulatesinthesoil
becauseitisreadilyconvertedtonitrateundermostcondi-tions.However,ifNfertilizerwasrecentlyapplied,theremaywellyetbesomeammoniumNavailableinthesoilforplantuse.
TIP: When you submit the soil samples to the soil-testing laboratory, request analyses for exchangeable
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Figure1.RecommendedsoilsamplingpatterninrelationtotwocornrowswhenNfertilizerhasbeenbandedwiththerow.Alwayssampleperpendiculartothedirectionfertilizerwasapplied.(Source of image: Brouder & Mengel, 2003).
ammonium as well as for nitrate, particularly if anhy-drous ammonia was applied relatively recently or a nitri-fication inhibitor was used with the N fertilizer.
Significantlevelsofsoilammoniumaremostlikelyifan-hydrousammoniawastheNsource,anitrificationinhibitorsuchasnitrapyrinordicyandiamide(DCD)wasused,and/orsoilpHwaslow(below5.5).Inthesesituations,lowlevelsofsoilnitratemayindicatelittleconversionofammoniumtonitrate,ratherthansimplylossofnitrate.
Ifsoiltestvaluesforammoniumandnitratearereportedas ppm ormg/L nitrogen (NH
4-N or NO
3-N), then pounds
peracreofavailableNarecalculatedbymultiplyingthetestresultsby4when thesampledepthwas1 foot.Forothersampledepths,dividethesampledepth(ininches)by3andthenmultiplybythetestresults.
Example:SoilNO3-N ina1-footsamplewas30ppm.
Conversionfromppmtopoundsperacreis(12inches/3)x30ppm=120poundsperacre.
Ifsoil testvaluesare reporteddirectlyasNH4orNO
3,
then these valuesmust be converted toan ‘N’ basis first.Thecalculationsare:NH
4-N=NH
4/1.2andNO
3-N=NO
3
/4.5.
Example: Soil NO3 was reported to be 90 ppm.
Conversion fromNO3 toNO
3-N is90ppmNO
3 /4.5=20
ppmNO3-N.
Interpreting soil nitrate and ammonium levels
Inouropinion,soilnitrateandammoniumlevelscanbeusedtoguideadditionalNapplicationstofieldssubjectedtosaturation and flooding.However, there are admittedly nohardandfastresearch-basedrecommendationsforthispar-ticularsituation.
TheprimarytoolforsoilNsamplingintheEasternCornBelt has been the pre-sidedress soil nitrate test (PSNT)whichismostapplicableasanindicatorofNavailabilityinsoilswheremanurehadbeenappliedoralegumesuchasclover or alfalfa had been plowed down (Brouder &Men-gel,2003).Forthesefieldsituations,thelevelofsoilnitratefoundisconsideredanindexofNavailability,i.e.,anindica-torofhowmuchNiscurrentlyavailableANDhowmuchNmaybecomeavailable fromthemanureororganicmatter.Whenused in this context, soilNO
3-N levels greater than
25ppmarethoughttobeadequateforoptimumcornyieldwithouttheadditionofmorefertilizerN.Duringtheresearchthatdevelopedthissoiltest,samplingdeeperthan1footoranalyzingforexchangeableNH
4-Ndidnotincreasethepre-
dictiveabilityofthePSNTenoughtowarranttheextraeffort.
However,whentheintentistoassessthelossofNduetorainfall,wesuggestthatdeepersamplingplusanalysisforNH
4-Ncontentcanprovideusefulinformationtohelpgrow-
ersdecidewhetheradditionalfertilizerNismerited.Itisim-portant to recognize that in thiscontext,measurementsofsoilnitrateandammoniumfollowingfertilizerNapplicationsindicatecurrentNavailabilityonly,becausethereisnoma-nure-or legume-derivedNtobereleased later in thesea-son.Consideringthisfact,thecommonlyaccepted25ppmNO
3-Ncriticallevelformanure-orlegume-Nfertilizedsoils
maybetoolowforsoilsthathaveonlyreceivedfertilizerN.
Leachingofsoilnitrateisexpectedwithponding,flood-ing,orsoilsaturation,butnotallofthenitratewillhavebeenmovedbelowtherootzone.Ashortcomingofthe1-footsam-plingdepthisthatitdoesnotalwaysreflectplantavailableNdeeperintheprofile,particularlywhenabnormalleachingoccurs.Thisiswhywesuggestalsosamplingfromthe1-to2-footdepthforassessmentofsoilNavailability,particularlyinsandysoils.
Inouron-goingNrate trialsconducted throughout thestate, the “normal” background levels of soil N in the up-per1footofmineralsoilstypicallyrangefrom5to10ppmNO
3-Nand4to8ppmNH
4-Nforcorngrowninrotationwith
soybeanorcornwithoutmanure-orlegume-derivedN.Typi-callythedeeper1-to2-footsoilsampleswouldhaveslightlylowerNlevels.
Making a decision
Wesuggestthatthe25ppmNO3-Ncriticallevelforma-
nure-or legume-N fertilizedsoilsmaybe too low for soilsthathaveonlyreceivedfertilizerNandwhereNlosscondi-tionshavebeensevere.WhereenoughrainfallhasoccurredtocausesubstantialNloss,wesuggestthislevelofrainhasdepleted the lowersoilprofileaswellas theupper footofsoil.
Theaccompanyingtablecontainsestimatesofexpect-edsoilNO
3-Nlevelswithdifferent fertilizerratesassuming
“normal”backgroundlevelsofnitrateandammoniumatthetimeoffertilizationanda“normal”amountofmovementbe-low theone footsamplingdepth (approximately1/3of thefertilizer N ismoved below the 1-foot sampling depth but
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retainedwithintherootzonewithnormalrainfall).Ifthecornishealthyandthegrowingseasontypicalfromhereonout,wewouldsuggestapplyingnomorethan10poundsofNforevery2ppmreductioninsoilsampleNbelowtheexpectedlevelslistedinthetable.
TheexpectedNO3-Nlevelfromthetablebelowfora160-lb
Napplication is35ppm.Laboratory results indicatedonly20ppmNO
3-N.ThesuggestedNapplicationratewouldbe:
((35ppm–20ppm)/2)x10=(15ppm/2)x10=7.5x10=75poundsperacre.
Example calculation when both NO
3-N and NH
4-N are determined:
Anhydrous ammonia with nitrapyrin was applied at 160poundsofNperacreinlateAprilinnorthernIndiana.Sincethe N application was relatively recent and a nitrificationinhibitorwasused,bothNO
3-NandNH
4-Nanalysisofsoil
sampleswererequested.TheexpectedNO3-NplusNH
4-N
levelslistedinthetablefora160-lbNapplicationis41ppm.Laboratoryresultsindicated15ppmNO
3-Nand20ppmNH
4-
NforatotalmeasuredNlevelof35ppm.ThesuggestedNapplicationratewouldbe:((41ppm–35ppm)/2)x10=(6ppm/2)x10=3x10=30poundsperacre.
Sidedress N application rates
Ifnofertilizer-NhasbeenappliedthisseasonorsoilNmeasurementssuggestlittleNremainsfromfall-andspring-applied N, consider using our recent research findings todeterminetheproperapplicationrate.Resultsfromfieldtri-alsconductedsince2006throughoutthestatewithefficientmethodsandtimingsofNfertilizerapplicationsuggestthatthe averageN rate needed tomaximize yield [AgronomicOptimumNRate(AONR)]forcornfollowingsoybean(corn/soy)variesbyregionorsoiltype.TheestimatedAONRforfine textured soils inwestcentral andnorthwest Indiana is173lbsN/ac.TheAONRforfinetexturedsoilsinnortheast,eastcentral, and central Indiana is approximately 221 lbsN/ac.TheAONRfortheremainderofthestate(NC,SW,SC,andSE)isapproximately183lbsN/ac.FormoredetailsontheserecommendationsseeourcurrentpublicationNitrogenManagement Guidelines for Indiana at: <http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/NitrogenMgmt.pdf>.
AtthefivePurduelocationswhereweconductedpairedtrialsofcorn/soyandcornfollowingcorn(corn/corn)in2007-2010, theaverageAONRforcorn/cornwas44 lbsgreaterthan for corn/soy while average corn/corn yields were 18bu/aclessthanthecorn/soyyields.Basedon$0.50-$0.70/lbNand$7.00/bucorn,theaverageEconomicOptimumNRate(EONR)forcornfollowingsoybeanwasapproximately164, 203, and 172 lbsN/ac forWC+NW,NE+EC+C, andtheremainderofthestate,respectively.TheEONRvaluesforothercombinationsofNcostandgrainpricearelistedintheNitrogenManagementGuidelines for Indianaor in theon-lineNcalculatorforIndianaatthiswebsite:<http://exten-sion.agron.iastate.edu/soilfertility/nrate.aspx>.
Related References
Blackmer,A.M.,D.Pottker,M.E.Cerrato,andJ.Webb.1989. Correlations between soil nitrate concentrations inlatespringandcornyieldsinIowa.J.Prod.Agric.2:103-109.
Brouder, Sylvie andDavidMengel. 2003.ThePresid-edress Soil Nitrate Test for Improving N Management in
Table 1. Expected levels of nitrate and nitrate plus am-moniumintheupper1footofsoilfordifferentratesofap-pliedNfertilizer.NOTE:UsetheNO
3-Ncolumnifthisisthe
onlyformofNmeasuredinyoursoilsample.AddNO3-N
andNH4-NlevelstogetherifbothformsofNaremeasured
in thesoil sampleanduse the last column toassessNsupply.
Fertilizer N applied prior
to rains
Nitrogen Analysis
Expected N levels, ppm or mg/L N
NO3-N NO
3-N + NH
4-N
lb/acre * **
130 30 36
140 31 37
150 33 39
160 35 41
170 36 42
180 38 44
190 40 46
200 41 47
210 43 49
220 45 51
NO3-N=Nitratenitrogen
NH4-N=Ammoniumnitrogen
*Assumesbackgroundlevelofammoniumat67ppmand“normal”levelsofsoilNbelowthe1-footsamplingdepth.**Assumes“normal”levelsofsoilNbelowthe1-footsam-plingdepth.
Recognize that as a healthy crop moves through therapidgrowthphasepriortopollination,soilNlevelswillnatu-rallydecreaseinresponsetorapidNuptakebytheplants.However, by the time a healthy crop reaches the V9 leafstage(about30inchestall),only19lbs/acN(equivalentto5ppmsoilNO
3-Nina1-footdeepsample)havetypicallybeen
takenuptheplants(Mengel,1995).However,bythetimeahealthycropreachesshoulder-high(~V15or60inchestall),approximately116lbs/acN(equivalentto29ppmsoilNO
3-N
ina1-footdeepsample)havebeentakenupbytheplants.
Thefollowingexamplesgiveyouanideaofhowthetab-ularinformationmaybeusedtomakethisdecision.
Example calculation when only NO3-N is determined:
FertilizerNwasappliedat160poundsofNperacreinearlyAprilas28%UANinsouthernIndiana.OnlysoilNO
3-Nanal-
ysiswasrequestedbecauseitwasassumedthatmostoftheurea-andammonium-Nhadbeenconvertedtonitratesincetemperatureswerewarmprior to theApril andMay rains.
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