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Illinois Soybean Association funded research at WIU

In 2006, the Illinois Soybean Association awarded $300,000 to Western Illinois University's School of Agriculture to provide support for soybean related research and education. Since then, more than $60,000 has been awarded to WIU researchers. A partial list of the funded projects follows:

2008 --

• High Yield Soybeans -- Gordon Roskamp
• Enhancing Soybean Cropping Systems with Winter Oilseeds -- Win Phippen and Fred Iutzi
• Soybean Plant Defense against Insect Herbivory -- Richard Musser

2009 --

• Impact of Double Cropping Soybeans -- Win Phippen
• Fungal Pathogens as Novel Control Agents for Waterhemp and Pigweeds -- Loretta Ortiz-Ribbing (U of I Extension) and Richard Musser (Biological Sciences Department)

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