Soybean aphid update

Looks like soybean aphids are not done yet in Virginia. And, I received a call today about a possible threshold situation in northeast North Carolina. Growers have treated some fields in the areas where thresholds were met last week. We have learned of a new area in King George County where aphids have exceeded thresholds, in a very late planted field, in about the R3-R4 growth stage. We are having a cooling trend which will favor these critters, and will slow bean maturity. Unless we can come up with some ’emergency’ funds, we have to discontinue our scouting program at the end of next week. We really need to go for at least 2 or 3 weeks. By then, the double crop will have reached the safe stage (R6).

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