Claim · model-written summary
Average annual U.S. soybean disease economic loss reached nearly $4.55 billion.
- Taxon
- soybean
Glycine maxe0 - Outcome
- average annual economic loss due to soybean diseasese0
- Value
- nearly $4.55 billione0
- Setting
- U.S.e0
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Verbatim
e0“the average annual economic loss due to soybean diseases in the U.S. reached nearly $4.55 billion”
Title
Dissecting the economic impact of soybean diseases in the United States over two decades
Ananda Y. Bandara; Dilooshi K. Weerasooriya; Carl A. Bradley; et al. PLoS ONE 2020. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231141
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- Association State significantly affected total economic loss from soybean diseases.
- Association Year significantly affected total economic loss from soybean diseases.
- Association Pre- versus post-discovery of soybean rust significantly affected total economic loss.
- Association Region significantly affected total economic loss from soybean diseases.
- Association Zones based on yield, harvest area and production significantly affected total economic loss.
- Observation Soybean cyst nematode was among the most economically damaging diseases.
- Observation Charcoal rot was among the most economically damaging soybean diseases.
- Observation Seedling diseases were among the most economically damaging soybean diseases.
- Observation Soybean rust was among the least economically damaging diseases.
- Observation Bacterial blight was among the least economically damaging soybean diseases.
- Observation Southern blight was among the least economically damaging soybean diseases.
- Association Mean soybean disease loss was 51% greater in state-years after soybean rust discovery than before.
- Observation Total U.S. soybean disease economic loss from 1996 to 2016 was $95.48 billion.
- Observation Northern U.S. soybean disease loss totaled $80.89 billion.
- Observation Southern U.S. soybean disease loss totaled $14.59 billion.
- Observation Approximately 85% of soybean disease economic losses occurred in the northern U.S.
- Association Low yield, harvest or production zones had significantly lower mean disease economic losses than high zones.
- Association Mean soybean yield loss from diseases correlated positively with mean statewide production and mean yield.
- Association Mean soybean yield loss from diseases correlated positively with mean soybean harvest area.