Soybean Disease Survey

Purpose of Soybean Disease Survey

  • Identify which soybean diseases exist in NY and understand their distribution
  • Assay soil samples from a wide geographic range for the presence of soybean cyst nematode
  • Officially document the discovery of ‘new’ diseases to NY
  • Provide this information to growers

What's Been Discovered as a Result of the Survey

Soybean survey results by county

Six soybean diseases 'new' to NY

  • 2012:  Charcoal Rot – Cayuga County
  • 2012:  Fusarium Wilt – Cortland, Herkimer and Madison counties
  • 2012:  Sudden Death Syndrome – Cayuga, Columbia, Schoharie, and St. Lawrence counties
  • 2013:  Brown Stem Rot – Herkimer and Yates counties
  • 2014:  Northern Stem Canker – Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Ontario, Seneca and Wayne counties
  • 2015:  Powdery Mildew - Cayuga County
  • 2016:  Bacterial Wilt - Yates County
  • 2017:  Sudden Death Syndrome (officially confirmed) - Wayne County

Soybean Disease Survey Progress

Year# of Soybean samples submitted for diagnosis# of different diseases diagnosed# of NEW diseases diagnosedPredominant disease(s)
201257144sudden death syndrome, SVNV
201356141white mold, bacterial pustule
2014109131Northern stem canker, white mold, Phytophthora root rot
201553101Northern stem canker, frogeye leaf spot
201618111Charcoal rot, Fusarium root rot
201715141White mold, pod and stem blight, bacterial blight
201833130Downy mildew, sudden death syndrome, Fusarium wilt, white mold
Map of upstate New York with red pins showing disease survey locations
Map of upstate New York with red pins showing disease survey locations
Map of upstate New York with red pins showing disease survey locations
Map of upstate New York with red pins showing disease survey locations

2016 Soybean Disease Survey Locations

2015 Soybean Disease Survey Locations

2014 Soybean Disease Survey Locations

2013 Soybean Disease Survey Locations

Acknowledgements

Thank you to all the farmers who allowed the Cornell Cooperative Extension collaborators to monitor fields on their farms, and thank you to all the Cornell collaborators (in alphabetical order):

Gary Bergstrom, Jaime Cummings, Kevin Ganoe, Mike Hunter, Kitty O’Neil, Keith Severson, Mike Stanyard, Bill Verbeten, Xiaohong Wang, and Ken Wise

We would like to thank the NY Corn and Soybean Growers Association, Northern NY Agricultural Development Program and the Cornell University Extension Smith Lever Project for providing the funding for this project.