--- title: More Robust Soybean Plants, Higher Pod Counts with Extract PBA description: Soybean plants have a more robust structure and higher pod counts when Extract PBA is used in these trials from Ohio and Iowa. image: https://blog.agricen.com/hubfs/fall_extract_5_soybean_pod.png --- [![Logo](https://blog.agricen.com/hubfs/Agricen_logo_300px.png) ](https://blog.agricen.com/) ## November 21, 2016 # More Robust Soybean Plants, Higher Pod Counts with Extract PBA [Tweet ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=More%20Robust%20Soybean%20Plants,%20Higher%20Pod%20Counts%20with%20Extract%20PBA%0Ahttps://blog.agricen.com/blog/robust-soybean-plants-higher-pod-counts-extract-pba) [Share ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://blog.agricen.com/blog/robust-soybean-plants-higher-pod-counts-extract-pba&title=More%20Robust%20Soybean%20Plants,%20Higher%20Pod%20Counts%20with%20Extract%20PBA&summary=&source=) [Like ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blog.agricen.com/blog/robust-soybean-plants-higher-pod-counts-extract-pba) In Northern Ohio, [Nutrien Ag Solutions](https://www.nutrienagsolutions.com/) conducted trials to evaluate the benefits of making a fall residue or spring pre-emerge application of [Extract PBA](https://www.agricen.com/products/extract-pba) (1 gallon per acre). In these trials, Extract was applied on corn stalks in fields where soybeans would be planted as the next crop. The data shows great potential for a growers' return on investment, with healthier plants and higher pod counts when Extract PBA was used.  In the trial results shown below, the plants from the treated areas have a more robust structure to support higher yields. Pod clusters are also tighter, with more per node compared to plants from untreated strips in the test plots. [![Download Extract PBA Product Booklet](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/269648/5e8b0531-2e5f-49c4-973c-423c829b32fb.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/269648/5e8b0531-2e5f-49c4-973c-423c829b32fb) [![fall_extract_1_soybean.png](https://blog.agricen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/fall_extract_1_soybean.png?width=550&name=fall_extract_1_soybean.png "fall_extract_1_soybean.png")](https://www.agricen.com/products/extract-pba) [![fall_extract_5_soybean_pod.png](https://blog.agricen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/fall_extract_5_soybean_pod.png?width=550&name=fall_extract_5_soybean_pod.png "fall_extract_5_soybean_pod.png")](https://www.agricen.com/products/extract-pba) When the pods were counted from the plants above, there were 16 more pods from the plants grown in the Extract PBA-treated area compared to the untreated controls.  [![fall_extract_6_soybean_pod.png](https://blog.agricen.com/hs-fs/hubfs/fall_extract_6_soybean_pod.png?width=600&name=fall_extract_6_soybean_pod.png "fall_extract_6_soybean_pod.png")](https://www.agricen.com/products/extract-pba) Similar results were also seen in a Nutrien Ag Solutions trial conducted in Iowa, where Extract PBA was applied with pre-emerge herbicide. Soybean plants in the Extract PBA-treated areas were greener, more robust and had higher pod counts (shown below) compared to the untreated controls. 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