Links to two new information resources have been posted on the MSSOY website.

• To help manage and avert fungicide resistance (FR), the United Soybean Board awarded a research and education grant to support activities that will sustain fungicide effectiveness.

Dr. Carl Bradley, the principal investigator on the grant, has teamed up with the Plant Management Network (PMN) to produce the “Soybean Fungicide Resistance Hub”, which is a central destination for up-to-date information on soybean fungicide use and management practices that should be considered to ensure the prolonged effectiveness of present and forthcoming fungicide products.

The hub includes a “Featured Webcasts” section with open-access videos on FR management, a “Fungicide Resistance Tracking” section with maps of yearly distribution of FR plant diseases, and a “Fungicide Resistance Resources” section that contains extension information on FR management in soybeans.

A link to this resource is posted in the Diseases section on the Insects/Diseases page.

• The United Soybean Board has created a program entitled “Take Action Against Herbicide-Resistant Weeds”, which is an industry-wide partnership to help producers manage herbicide-resistant weeds. Click through the various modules on this website to learn techniques to fight herbicide resistance.

A link to this resource is posted in the Managing Herbicide Resistant Weeds section on the Weed Control page.

An updated “Links to Information Available on MSSOY” has been posted in the Information Sources section on the Management Resources page. Click on the linked articles and White Papers in this document to find valuable information in indicated subject matter categories.

Composed by Larry G. Heatherly, Nov. 2014, larryheatherly@bellsouth.net