Research confirms novel soybean yield-protection mechanism for 2025

Date:12-11-2024

With reports of high disease outbreaks in 2024, and the World Meteorological Organization (WO) predicting a 60% chance of La Niña¹ weather in 2025, this could lead to cooler conditions. If this happens, soybean growers will need to be prepared for any weather condition or disease outbreak next season.

Thanks to continued research into Saltro^® fungicide seed treatment, Syngenta has confirmed an additional way for soybean growers to unlock soybean yield potential, as well as their ROI potential, regardless of early-season pressure.

″Since it entered the market, Saltro has consistently delivered thorough protection against Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS), Soybean Cyst Nematode (SCN) and more recently, Red Crown Rot (RCR)*,″ said Dale Ireland, Ph.D., Syngenta technical lead. ″We’ve continued to run trials and have found Saltro also improves soybean health and potential yield in situations with no perceived pest or disease pressure, and that’s where the recently confirmed benefit of MagniSafe technology comes in.″

This well-documented and unique phenomenon, enabled exclusively by MagniSafe™ technology, results in extraordinary increases in root and shoot mass and enhanced plant-health improvements that can be seen regardless of disease or pest pressure.

″In various weather conditions and regardless of variety planted, Saltro-treated soybeans grow stronger, faster and healthier – above and below ground,″ said Katie Jaeger, Syngenta product lead. ″Compared to other seed treatments or untreated seed trials, we’ve seen Saltro set soybeans up for greater success. It helps soybeans establish a larger root system for maximum nutrient uptake and helps plants emerge stronger and healthier for faster speed-to-canopy. In the field, it’s translated into higher yield and greater return potential.″

Under SDS pressure, Saltro delivers a 3-bushel yield advantage over the competitive product in eight years of trials². With enhanced plant health and crop safety, Saltro also boosts potential yields in the absence of disease or pest pressure with a 1.5-to-4.5-bushel yield increase compared to a base treatment alone across the broad acre.³

″Soybean growers need higher yield to be profitable,″ Jaeger said. ″The unique protection from Saltro could bring the extra bushels growers need to bounce back after a challenging season and heading into an uncertain 2025. I encourage growers to try Saltro next season and see how its MagniSafe technology may impact yield and their bottom line.″

¹https://public.wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-update-predicts-60-chance-of-la-nina

² U.S. trials with SDS pressure (n = 48); 2015-2023: AR, IL, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, TN, WI. Significantly different disease incidence/severity rating between Check and SDS.

³ Saltro 0.075 mg ai/seed + Base vs. Base alone. Base treatment same for compared pair; over years, base treatment may be CruiserMaxx^® Vibrance^® or CruiserMaxx^® APX.  No SDS locations nor locations focused on nematode pressure are within this dataset, only Broad Acre AI x E trial locations. Broad-Acre trials (n=32) SD, NE, MN, IA, WI IL, MI, IN, OH; 2020-2021.