The Delaware Soybean Board sponsors research with soybean checkoff funds to help Delaware farmers improve their productivity and profitability.The Delaware Soybean Board is a nine-member organization representing soybean producers from all counties in the state. The Board manages the Delaware funds from the federal soybean checkoff program, each year funding research, education, marketing, and promotion projects. A request for proposals (RFP) is issued once a year, generally in December, for the submission of research proposals which address the priorities shown in the blue box to the left. Because it is often helpful to applicants to view the application, guidelines, typical grants and requirements under a research agreement, links to those items have been provided on this page. The Delaware Soybean Board is providing the application form as an editable PDF. Please note that, depending on the version of Acrobat Reader which you use, you might not be able to save your proposal as an electronic file. Please print and save a copy for your files. All proposals should be printed, signed and submitted by mail to the Delaware Soybean Board. Click here for the guidelines for submission. Click here for the research application as an editable PDF form. Proposals which are not in the proper format may not be considered for funding. Please print, sign and mail application to: Susanne Zilberfarb Delaware Soybean Board 3203 Greenstone Way Oak Hill, VA 20171 Click here to see a successful 2006 submission for a comparison of Group 2 beans versus later maturing varieties under Delaware growing conditions. The required mid-season report for this study is shown in the column to the right. Click here for a brief summary of all research funded during the 2006 fiscal year. Click here for a brief summary of all research funded during the 2007 fiscal year. Click here for a brief summary of all research funded during the 2008 fiscal year.
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Progress on Rust!The Delaware Soybean Board helped fund research which is showing promise in the development of Rust-Resistant Soybeans. Click here for more info! Schillinger Seed worked with two checkoff grants in FY07-08. 1. In 2007 over 300 soybean rust resistant plants were crossed to Schillinger’s rust resistant selections were selected in naturally heavily infested nurseries in Lucidale and Natchez, Mississippi. Rust resistant plants were screened for soybean cyst nematode and 90 lines were found resistant to both. In 2008 yield tests will be conducted on Delmarva and in Mississippi, again with Delaware Soybean Board support. For the full report, and information on feeding trials, click here. Mid-Atlantic Agronomy Newsletter:Click here for the June 2008 issue!Click here for the March 2008 issue!Click here for the December 2007 issue!From The Field:Research Update Stink Bugs Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; Richard Taylor, Extension Agronomist; and Judith Hough Goldstein, Professor, Entomology &Wildlife Ecology undertook a study to evaluate the potential economic impacts of stink bugs in soybeans in FY07-08 with soybean checkoff funds from the Delaware Soybean Board. The group worked with colleagues in Maryland to design the project and share results. Whalen reports that although it appears that the R-4 and possibly R-5 stage of plant development is the critical time for stink bug damage, further studies will be needed to verify this conclusion. See the full report by clicking here. |
Delaware Soybean Board
Research Priorities
The Board of Directors of the Delaware Soybean Board provides the following list of interest areas as a guide for researchers interested in advancing a proposal to the Board for funding. The following items are not ranked in order of importance.
1. Insects and Pests
- Stink Bugs
- Spider Mites
- Deer
2. Disease and Disease Prevention
- Use of Early Maturing Varieties
- Early Detection Systems for Rust
3. Yield Improvement
- Early Maturing Varieties
4. Weed Control
- Mare’s Tail
- Lambsquarter
- Ragweed
- Spurred Anoda
5. Marketing
- Biodiesel Use/Sales Quantification
- Export Opportunities
- Soybean Quality
- Specialty Variety Opportunities
- Edible Bean Opportunities
- Direct Marketing Opportunities
- Crop Insurance Value Assessment
| Soybean rust has been confirmed in the continental U.S.
Growers who find plants with suspect symptoms should contact Faith Kuehn, Administrator, DDA Plant Industries, at 302-698-4000 or 800-282-8685. For more information about Soybean Rust, please click here. |