“Plant stages are determined by classifying leaf ... can also be identified in soybeans. When a soybean pod’s membrane no longer clings to the seeds, the pod has reached black layer.

There are eight stages of soybean plant reproductive growth, from R1—beginning blooming—to R8—full maturity. Vieira said that temperature changes in the United States have allowed earlier ...

Ferrie says a soybean plant will kick the reproductive process into high gear if it feels it’s necessary to get the plant through all its reproductive stages before the growing season ends.

To test if plant phenology affected deer-browse, we conducted a forage analysis of soybean leaves at different growth stages. Although forage quality components were variable across the growing season ...