Kip Cullers Breaks Soybean Production Record

Yield limiting white mold controlled by Contans.

           Durham, NC:  Kip Cullers of Missouri has once again broken the world soybean production record.  His 160.6 bushel/acre yield tops his record by over four bushels per acre.  A key benefit of Kip’s efforts in his competition plot is the knowledge gained for soybean production and the agricultural market.  Kip has always shown a willingness to share experiences with soybean growers both in the United States and globally.  As noted by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon, the leadership Kip exhibits is invaluable to the soybean industry.

 At a press conference near his farm in Purdy, Missouri, Kip explains the introduction of Contans^® into his soybean production program:  “White mold has been one of the limiting factors keeping us from reaching 200 bushel soybeans.  We used Contans on our farm this year and have not found any incidence of white mold.”  The key to Contans success is the unique mode of action. Similar to how a herbicide attacks the weed seed bank, Contans goes after the source of the disease, reducing the fungus population year after year.  The active ingredient in Contans is fungal spores of Coniothyrium minitans, a parasite that attacks the resting state (sclerotia) of both S. sclerotiorum and S. minor. The fungus C. minitans in Contans attacks sclerotia in the soil before it can infect a susceptible plant. Applied post-harvest in the fall, Contans attacks and destroys the black sclerotial bodies, which are the resting survival structures of Sclerotinia. This breaks the cycle of disease by controlling the disease-causing fungus in treated soil before infection can occur. 

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