Comments on: Managing Helicoverpa softly in vegetative soybeans http://thebeatsheet.com.au/helicoverpa/managing-helicoverpa-softly-in-vegetative-soybeans/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:13:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mike Hanks http://thebeatsheet.com.au/helicoverpa/managing-helicoverpa-softly-in-vegetative-soybeans/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Mike Hanks Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:23:18 +0000 http://thebeatsheet.com.au/?p=227#comment-434 I have seen this occur in the Burdekin over the 2008 summer season - a crop of Leichhardt was totally hammered and never recovered - most lateral braches and flowering sites never eventuated. By the time I got there the helis had been and gone but the damage was permanent. I also witnessed a very young soybean crop in which the pressure was so high that many of the seedlings were actually ringbarked, resulting in a very poor crop. Again by the time the grower made contact, the damage was done. I discussed this at length with Hugh B I have seen this occur in the Burdekin over the 2008 summer season – a crop of Leichhardt was totally hammered and never recovered – most lateral braches and flowering sites never eventuated. By the time I got there the helis had been and gone but the damage was permanent.

I also witnessed a very young soybean crop in which the pressure was so high that many of the seedlings were actually ringbarked, resulting in a very poor crop. Again by the time the grower made contact, the damage was done. I discussed this at length with Hugh B

]]> By: A McLennan http://thebeatsheet.com.au/helicoverpa/managing-helicoverpa-softly-in-vegetative-soybeans/comment-page-1/#comment-173 A McLennan Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:55:54 +0000 http://thebeatsheet.com.au/?p=227#comment-173 About a week before this article was posted I heard reports of several young soybean crops in the Northern Rivers area of NSW (esp. around the Tweed) that had been severely affected by helicoverpa in the way described in this article. Thanks for the update - I was surprised at the time to hear from my canegrowing friends how damaging helicoverpa could be at this early stage. About a week before this article was posted I heard reports of several young soybean crops in the Northern Rivers area of NSW (esp. around the Tweed) that had been severely affected by helicoverpa in the way described in this article. Thanks for the update – I was surprised at the time to hear from my canegrowing friends how damaging helicoverpa could be at this early stage.

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