Soybean seed treatments help protect yields against seedling diseases. “They’re not just going to be protecting against the soybean diseases that we have, but they also protect that plant for the entire season,” said Wade Webster, soybean pathology specialist, NDSU Extension. “Seed treatments set those plants up so that they have a healthy root system that will allow them to be resilient, especially under low moisture conditions later in that season when we get into reproductive stages.” At the Lake Region Extension Roundup, Webster said seed treatments are just one of the many tools in the disease management toolbox.
