Dry conditions last year are expected to support the expansion of Soybean Cyst Nematode.

Greg Tylka is a nematologist at Iowa State University and co-leader of the SCN Coalition.

“We’ve learned over the years, and it’s been borne out by research results, that Soybean Cyst Nematode seems to kick it into high gear for reproduction in dry soils.”

For a state like Iowa, where every county except one was in some category of drought in 2020, he tells Brownfield SCN is a concern.

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