Soybean Cyst Nematode HG Type Test Results Differ Among Multiple Samples from the Same Field but the Management Implications Are the Same

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2016-01-01
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Beeman, Augustine
Harbach, Chelsea
Marett, Christopher
Tylka, Gregory
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The Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology and the Department of Entomology officially merged as of September 1, 2022. The new department is known as the Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology, and Microbiology (PPEM). The overall mission of the Department is to benefit society through research, teaching, and extension activities that improve pest management and prevent disease. Collectively, the Department consists of about 100 faculty, staff, and students who are engaged in research, teaching, and extension activities that are central to the mission of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The Department possesses state-of-the-art research and teaching facilities in the Advanced Research and Teaching Building and in Science II. In addition, research and extension activities are performed off-campus at the Field Extension Education Laboratory, the Horticulture Station, the Agriculture Engineering/Agronomy Farm, and several Research and Demonstration Farms located around the state. Furthermore, the Department houses the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic, the Iowa Soybean Research Center, the Insect Zoo, and BugGuide. Several USDA-ARS scientists are also affiliated with the Department.
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Growing soybean cultivars that are resistant to the soybean cyst nematode (SCN), Heterodera glycines, is an effective way to preserve soybean yield and limit increases in population densities of the nematode. The ability of SCN populations to reproduce on germplasm lines that are used in soybean breeding programs to develop SCN-resistant cultivars was measured and classified originally by the race test (Golden et al. 1970; Riggs and Schmitt 1988) and more recently by the HG type test (Niblack et al. 2002). The “HG” represents the first letters in the genus and species names of SCN, Heterodera glycines. Seven different soybean germplasm lines or cultivars that have been registered in a scientific journal currently are the indicator lines in the HG type test. The indicator lines are assigned index numbers 1 through 7, and the ability of an SCN population to reproduce on each of the HG type indicator lines is determined by calculating a female index. The female index is the average number of SCN females produced on the HG type indicator line relative to the number produced on a standard, susceptible soybean cultivar in a 30-daylong HG type test conducted in a greenhouse (Niblack et al. 2002).

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This article is published as Beeman, A. Q., Harbach, C. J., Marett, C. C., and Tylka, G. L. 2016. Soybean cyst nematode HG type test results differ among multiple samples from the same field but the management implications are the same. Plant Health Prog. 17:160-162. doi: 10.1094/PHP-BR-16-0033. Posted with permission.

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