This report details results of soil sampling and analyses targeted for Heterodera glycines, SCN, conducted in 2012-2013 in Manitoba. SCN is recognized as a major pest of soybean worldwide. Soybean is the only major economically important host plant for this nematode. With respect to the importance of soybean cultivation for Canadian farmers, early detection and precise identification is of significant important. SCN has rapidly moved northward in the mid US states. It is now present in some of the counties Manitoba borders with North Dakota and Minnesota. It is only a matter of time until it is in Manitoba, if not already. Recently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has declassified SCN as a regulated pest in Canada. This means to farmers that surveys for the nematode are not to be done in the future by the agency. Survey was conducted mainly in the Red River Valley and SCN was not confirmed in any of the 48 fields sampled.
Related Project – Manitoba Soybean Cyst Nematode Survey 2014