Armor Soybean Rating System: There are many ways to evaluate diseases, agronomic characteristics, etc. Since many of these ratings are subjective, an explanation of the “Armor Approach” is listed here:

Resistant implies no or very slight disease presence when conditions are favorable for development. Mod. Resistant implies slight disease presence when conditions are favorable for development. Moderate implies some disease presence when conditions are favorable for development. Mod. Susceptible implies significant disease presence when conditions are favorable for development. Susceptible implies very significant disease presence when conditions are favorable for development.

* These are general recommendations based on data taken from breeder, university, company trials and producer field observations and do not constitute a warranty of fitness or guarantee of performance for a particular use. ** Double cropping Maturity Group IVs can be extremely risky without adequate irrigation and proper variety selection.