Agrotechnical, biological and chemical means constitute a unified system of plant care.

One of the main reasons for low yields is the infestation of soybean fields with cereals and dicotyledonous plants. Agrotechnical methods of weed control include rolling (bringing up of water) and tillage. With the help of agricultural machinery and with proper cultivation, it is possible to provoke the growth of weeds with their subsequent destruction. Harrowing of the soil allows to destroy up to 80% of weeds. It is advisable to harrow the soil 3-4 days after sowing the soybeans, as well as after the appearance of 1-2 ternate leaves. In addition to weed control measures, agrotechnical methods allow preparing the soil for sowing.

Correctly performed crop rotation is another agricultural technique that helps to successfully control the weeds. When planning crop rotation and choosing the crops - preceding and succeeding, it is necessary to take into account that weed plants adapt to cultivated ones. Perennial plants grow with perennials. Tilled crops grow with ragweed, pigweed, and bristle grass.

Biological methods include the use of phytopathogenic organisms, insects that eat weeds, viruses that cause weed diseases.

In combination with the previous methods, chemical methods are also used, involving the use of herbicides. Each drug should be applied after diagnosing problems in each field. To prevent toxic effects on plants, Albit or Master growth regulators are added to the solution. It is necessary to observe the principle of alternating different types of herbicides. Herbicides are most effective in the early stages of plant development. For each herbicide, there are manufacturer's recommendations regarding the timing, dosage, application technology. It is necessary to observe safety precautions when working with chemicals. The assortment of herbicides permitted and effective in the fields of the Amur Region includes Tactic, Galaktion, Global, Zlakterr, Aramo 45, Harmony Classic, Basagran, Galaxy Top, Aristocrat, Roundup.

Soy, like other cultivated plants, is susceptible to pests, virus infections, fungal and bacterial diseases. As for fungal diseases, soybeans are most susceptible to fusarium, ascochytosis, downy mildew, and septoria disease. As for viral diseases - soybean mosaic virus and growth retardation virus.

In a number of agrotechnical measures, deep tillage and trash burial are used.

As for the chemical methods, seed dressing has currently become widespread. This procedure allows to protect soybean sprouts in the early stages of development, to destroy fungi and bacteria on the surface of the seeds. In addition to chemicals, bacterial agents are also used, which aimed to control pathogenic microflora and reduce susceptibility to diseases.

Insects also cause harm to soybeans. To control them, knowledge of crop technology and chemical techniques is required. Deep under-winter plowing, deep loosening of row spacings, adherence to the timing of sowing and crop rotation, clearing the edges of fields from weeds - these are the measures that contribute to control caterpillars and other insects.

After monitoring the condition of the fields and when the threshold of harmful effects is exceeded, insecticides are used. However, in the presence of predaceous insects (entomophages), the number of pests can be reduced by 10 times, and then the use of insecticides is impractical.

Only the use of all measures in combination can give a significant effect.

Good harvests to you!