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Bean leaf beetles are hungry

April 28, 2021 2:38 PM
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Just last week, Ashley Dean predicted overwintering mortality of bean leaf beetle in Iowa. It looked pretty grim for this soybean pest, with over 77% mortality predicted for central Iowa. I didn’t have high hopes for a new insecticidal seed treatment study going in at the ISU Johnson Farm just south of Ames. While we were getting ready to plant today, it started to rain just a bit, too.