Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 3/11/21

 Lurking in more than 99% of soybean fields across the Midwest is a worm capable of feeding on and damaging entire crops. Millions of dollars have been spent trying to combat these destructive pests through the development of resistant soybean plants, but after decades of successful use, those solutions have begun to fail. Once again, soybean production is in trouble, and researchers are being forced back to the drawing board, but this time they are looking to attack the nematode from within.
Soybean cyst nematodes (SCN), or Heterodera glycines, have cost Illinois farmers millions of ...

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