Soybean Pests, Their Nature of Damage and Abundance with Various Environmental Factors

Many insects feed on soybean and can threaten yield and or quality. However, the frequency and severity of pest damage vary considerably between the growth stages. The growth stage had a direct and positive relationship with the environment. So field scouting helps to determine control measures are implemented only when pest levels of which crop damage could result in losses greater than the cost of the treatment. Therefore, it is important to visit plant regularly and make control decisions on established economic threshold or action levels. Integrated pest management (IPM) concept assumes that pests can be tolerated to some degree unless they cause economic loss.