Soybean Green Stem - 2025<BR>UGA Ponder Farm <BR>October 2025<BR>1) Seasonal environment stresses (water, temperature, hailstorms, animal damage, excessive soil nitrogen availability at R6-R7); 2) certain viruses (bean pod mottle virus, tobacco ringspot virus and alfalfa mosaic virus): 3) insects (stinkbugs, common brown leafhopper, bean leaf beetle): 4) soybean genetics (cultivars); and 5) fungicides (especially strobilurims) are considered to be causal agents and risk factors associated with green stem.<BR>