Midwest researchers uncover key biology of soybean gall midge amid rising yield losses

Midwest researchers uncover key biology of soybean gall midge amid rising yield losses

New research from the University of Minnesota and other Midwest experts is helping clarify how soybean gall midge survives, spreads and damages crops. “Integrated pest management is really founded on that understanding of pest biology,” said Bob Koch, University of Minnesota Extension entomologist, during the most recent Soybean Gall Midge Research Update webinar.  Koch and his team have been studying the insect’s life cycle in controlled condit…