Early-Season Leaf Injury and Damage Information
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Collapse ▲We handle situations every year regarding early-season leaf injury and damage. This year, the volume of questions has been higher and is likely related to this year’s particular environment. We hope to disentangle some of what folks might be seeing, but want to make the most important point now that all of what we’ve seen so far is cosmetic and will have no impact on yield.
Herbicides. The soybean leaf with a heart shape is probably not new to most agronomists and farmers. It is often associated with the chloroacetamide family of herbicides. These herbicides include products containing metolachlor (Dual, Cinch, Brawl, Me-Too-Lachlor), acetochlor (Warrant), dimethenamid (Outlook), and pyroxasulfone (Zidua, Anthem Flexx, Fierce). These are shoot inhibitors and work by keeping the leaves of weeds from growing correctly. When weather conditions are right (wet and cool usually) when the seedling emerges, even crop plants can be impacted. This is typically cosmetic and does not impact long term soybean growth and yield.
So what is causing this deformation and puckering? Under some situations it could be herbicide carry over, but, based on what some growers have used this year that can be ruled out in certain fields. Another concern that may arise would be potential off-target movement of dicamba or another growth regulator which can also cause some deformation and puckering. Again, there have been situations where this could be ruled out (Xtend soybeans showing the deformation for example). There is also the possibility that these symptoms are due to a physiological response due to weather conditions. It has been reported in Illinois that this has been observed after the first few days the soybeans have been exposed to air temperatures of 90 degrees or greater. It is hypothesized that the soybeans are rapidly growing and hormone regulation in the leaf is disrupted. This has not been confirmed through replicated research at this point.
While the puckering in these cases is from unknown causes, we again want to reiterate that all of what we’ve seen so far is cosmetic and will have no impact on yield. A good rule of thumb is to look at the newest emerging leaves; if the newer leaves look normal and growing conditions are good, your soybeans are on the right track. If off target dicamba movement is suspected, or if you have any other concerns, please contact your local Cooperative Extension office for help.