Dylan Mangel

Even if wind is blowing soil, it's going to move around. So it's able to consistently march along and it's ultimately just going to follow everywhere beans go.

No. Yep. So we have different nematodes in those crops for sure. But this one, it really specializes on soybean. But I will say there's likely exceptions where it's finding weedy hosts or other similar plants to soybean that it's also able to grow on as well. So think about that with weed control as well. Just imagine the difference in, you know, corn and wheat are a pretty similar monocot crop.

No. Yep. So we have different nematodes in those crops for sure. But this one, it really specializes on soybean. But I will say there's likely exceptions where it's finding weedy hosts or other similar plants to soybean that it's also able to grow on as well. So think about that with weed control as well. Just imagine the difference in, you know, corn and wheat are a pretty similar monocot crop.

No. Yep. So we have different nematodes in those crops for sure. But this one, it really specializes on soybean. But I will say there's likely exceptions where it's finding weedy hosts or other similar plants to soybean that it's also able to grow on as well. So think about that with weed control as well. Just imagine the difference in, you know, corn and wheat are a pretty similar monocot crop.

Soybeans are quite different when it comes to how related they are. So those nematodes aren't crossing over necessarily necessarily. But if you've got other similar crops or other similar hosts out there to soybean, they might be growing on those as well.

Soybeans are quite different when it comes to how related they are. So those nematodes aren't crossing over necessarily necessarily. But if you've got other similar crops or other similar hosts out there to soybean, they might be growing on those as well.

Soybeans are quite different when it comes to how related they are. So those nematodes aren't crossing over necessarily necessarily. But if you've got other similar crops or other similar hosts out there to soybean, they might be growing on those as well.

So soybean cyst nematode, it's been around. It's spread. And it actually started to become quite an issue in the 1990s. At that time, research, science, industry found a resistance source that was able to control this. So that first step of control was introducing a single resistance gene into a lot of the varieties that were out there. They put it in a few at first.

So soybean cyst nematode, it's been around. It's spread. And it actually started to become quite an issue in the 1990s. At that time, research, science, industry found a resistance source that was able to control this. So that first step of control was introducing a single resistance gene into a lot of the varieties that were out there. They put it in a few at first.

So soybean cyst nematode, it's been around. It's spread. And it actually started to become quite an issue in the 1990s. At that time, research, science, industry found a resistance source that was able to control this. So that first step of control was introducing a single resistance gene into a lot of the varieties that were out there. They put it in a few at first.

Slowly, they dumped it into more and more. And eventually it sort of ended up with that one resistance gene in all the varieties or in most of the varieties. That resistance source was called PI88788. So if you look in a seed catalog for soybean, you'll see a column that might say SCN and it'll say PI88788 in a lot of those varieties. That's still the case today.

Slowly, they dumped it into more and more. And eventually it sort of ended up with that one resistance gene in all the varieties or in most of the varieties. That resistance source was called PI88788. So if you look in a seed catalog for soybean, you'll see a column that might say SCN and it'll say PI88788 in a lot of those varieties. That's still the case today.

Slowly, they dumped it into more and more. And eventually it sort of ended up with that one resistance gene in all the varieties or in most of the varieties. That resistance source was called PI88788. So if you look in a seed catalog for soybean, you'll see a column that might say SCN and it'll say PI88788 in a lot of those varieties. That's still the case today.

And that worked really well for quite a while. The problem came... In the early 2010s, and it's the same problem we see all the time when we rely on one thing to control a wild population, those nematodes evolved to overcome that and reproduce on that resistance source. So PI-887-88 degraded in its effectiveness.

And that worked really well for quite a while. The problem came... In the early 2010s, and it's the same problem we see all the time when we rely on one thing to control a wild population, those nematodes evolved to overcome that and reproduce on that resistance source. So PI-887-88 degraded in its effectiveness.

And that worked really well for quite a while. The problem came... In the early 2010s, and it's the same problem we see all the time when we rely on one thing to control a wild population, those nematodes evolved to overcome that and reproduce on that resistance source. So PI-887-88 degraded in its effectiveness.

And we really, at that point, it was a turning point for our organization, which is the SCN Coalition. and how do we combat that degradation? What do we do next? So at that point, We looked around and realized there's a bit of a gap. Resistance is the most economical way to manage a disease, varietal resistance. And we really didn't have anything available.

And we really, at that point, it was a turning point for our organization, which is the SCN Coalition. and how do we combat that degradation? What do we do next? So at that point, We looked around and realized there's a bit of a gap. Resistance is the most economical way to manage a disease, varietal resistance. And we really didn't have anything available.

And we really, at that point, it was a turning point for our organization, which is the SCN Coalition. and how do we combat that degradation? What do we do next? So at that point, We looked around and realized there's a bit of a gap. Resistance is the most economical way to manage a disease, varietal resistance. And we really didn't have anything available.

There are a couple other resistance genes available in the germplasm. So we really needed to put this group together to sort of build a stopgap for how can we identify what's coming next? How can we get resources to growers? How can we get them to start growing? you know, maybe trying some of these new resources and preventing that yield loss on their farms. So that's how our organization started.